Every once in awhile, after being fed up with complaints about unruly teenager behavior, a board jokingly asks me “can we exclude teenagers from the community?” They’re often surprised when I answer yes, the Housing for Older Persons Act of 1995 (“HOPA”) allows communities to restrict its housing to persons who are 55Go to Resource
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The Colorado Civil Rights Division (“CCRD”) has determined that it will take further action to investigate claims of racial discrimination made by residents of a local mobile home park. The allegations are that the managers are towing cars owned by residents of Mexican descent while ignoring similarly inoperable cars owned by other residentsGo to Resource
A Denver area court recently forced a homeowners association to provide to requesting owners thousands of personal e-mails under a records inspection request. The judge required e-mails between board members and between board members and owners to be disclosed despite the lack of any language in the statutes to support such an order.Go to Resource
2011 was an active year for legislation that will affect community associations of all kinds in Colorado. Overall most bills were generally positive and do not add significantly to the administrative burdens of managing and governing homeowners associations. But there are new laws that every Colorado homeowners association should be aware of. TheGo to Resource
When making staffing and hiring decisions, one question companies commonly face is whether to engage independent contractors or employees. While using independent contractors has its benefits (such as not having to pay payroll taxes for those individuals), it can carry legal risks if a person is misclassified as an independent contractor as opposedGo to Resource