The Seventy-first General Assembly convened on January 11, 2017, and shortly thereafter the first bill relating to construction defects was introduced. SB 17-045 was introduced by Senators Grantham and Williams and has bipartisan support in both the senate and house. This bill requires a court, when hearing a construction defect case in whichGo to Resource
Category: Legislative Miscellaneous
As we previously blogged in August, the Housing Opportunity Through Modernization Act of 2016 (HOTMA) was signed into law on July 29, 2016, which, among other things, required the Secretary of HUD to provide further guidance and clarity regarding the percentage of owner occupied units required to obtain project approval for condominium communities.Go to Resource
During the 2015-2016 federal legislative season, the Ham Radio lobby introduced H.R. 1301, a bill which seeks to prohibit associations from banning Ham Radio antennas in their communities. As originally proposed HR 1301 was detrimental to an association’s control over aesthetics, placement and prior approval with respect to Ham Radio antennas. In responseGo to Resource
On September 13, 2012, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development issued Mortgagee Letter: 2012-18, which put in place temporary condominium project approval guidelines that modified the existing FHA condominium approval policy requirements. The changes included, but are not limited to: a revised definition of proposed construction; a revised definition of newlyGo to Resource
By now, it is no secret that the FHA certification and recertification processes are not overly friendly and considered by most to be overwhelming, burdensome, complicated, and confusing. There are other “colorful” adjectives that have been used in the industry to describe these processes that will not be repeated in this blog. Nevertheless,Go to Resource