Earlier this month, HUD announced it was filing discrimination charges against a Utah homeowners association, its management company, and even a group of owners based on a violation of the Fair Housing Amendments Act by failing to provide a reasonable accommodation to a disabled tenant. In this case, a tenant, a Gulf WarGo to Resource
Category: Community Associations Miscellaneous
You are on the Board of Directors of your association, which has just decided to increase assessments for the first time in years. Owners are up in arms and an owner requests the e-mail addresses of all other owners to, you suspect, stir the pot further. See the attached article about a similarGo to Resource
What is a nuisance? How is it defined in your Association’s governing documents? Is your covenant enforcement policy up-to-date and void of vague language? These are critical questions in light of the recent ruling, discussed in the Sun Sentinel article, that awarded a homeowner attorney’s fees and costs in the amount of $201,347.00Go to Resource
A housing cooperative in Bronx, New York and two of its employees was recently charged with violation of the Fair Housing Amendments Act by HUD because it did not allow an “emotional assistance animal to be housed on the community. In this case, the community had a “no pets” provision. However, the tenantGo to Resource
How involved should an association be when the residents in the community start to age and pose possible safety risks to others in the community? As the attached article indicates, an association could be taking on liability by undertaking certain activities to assist elderly residents. However, associations do owe a duty to provideGo to Resource