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Maintenance and Insurance Charts
An association’s maintenance and insurance obligations are typically set forth in the association’s declarations of covenants. However, in many instances, simply reading the maintenance and insurance provisions of the declaration will not give boards and managers clear answers. Often times, many provisions of the declaration need to be cross referenced and read in conjunction, andGo to Resource
How to use Legal Services to Prevent Problems
Introduction Homeowner associations are increasingly finding themselves in the middle of legal controversies. The issues are all too familiar. Contract disputes with landscapers, lawsuits from people injured on the common property, fights over the meaning of poorly worded legal documents, actions to enforce rules and regulations, and disagreements over the legality of special assessments andGo to Resource
An Introduction to Community Association Living
The purpose of An Introduction to Community Association Living is to introduce homeowners to community associations, provide a greater understanding of exactly how a community association works from both an organizational and people standpoint, and to endow home-owners with the information necessary for fully enjoying and benefiting from community association living.
Best Practices #9 – Green Communities (Published by Community Associations Institute Research Foundation)
This report, published by the Foundation for Community Associations Research, explores “greenness” in communities, in their varied forms. It considers the concept of sustainability through better designs, new technologies and social innovations. Sustainable communities are developed to meet the “needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.” Go to Resource