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Yesterday’s edition of the South Florida Sun-Sentinel featured a column by Donna DiMaggio Berger, the executive director of the Community Advocacy Network and a partner in the Katzman, Garfinkel and Berger law firm.
In what Ms. Berger calls an "unprecedented move," The Federal Emergency Management Agency recently announced that it would end…
Florida statutes governing condominium and cooperative associations specifically provide that it is the association’s board of directors that is responsible for the administration of the association. Similarly, the governing documents for most mandatory homeowners associations governed by Chapter 720 of the Florida Statutes and community associations governed by Chapter 617 of the Florida Statutes provide…
I’ve returned from a few days in Washington, DC at the American Bar Association’s 21st Annual Conference on Affordable Housing and Community Development Law.
The theme of the conference was "Making the Case for Affordable Housing and Community Development". I attended a panel discussion on current Fair Housing Issues and a session on "hot…
Carol Grondzik,one of my colleagues in our firm’s Tallahassee office, just forwarded a link that answers many frequently asked questions about the pool accessibility requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act. As I mentioned in one of my earlier blog entries this year, those requirements were set to go into effect in March but have…
The number of schemes out there that seek to part us from our hard earned money continues to amaze me.
Last month, the Manatee County Clerk’s Office issued a warning about a "Property Deed Solicitation Letter". Some homeowners in Manatee County, including the Clerk of Court himself, received letters from companies offering to sell…
As many of my readers know, among the topics frequently discussed on this blog are the many issues facing resident owned communities when dealing with the Fair Housing Act.
I’ve recently been speaking to community association managers and ROC board members about the importance of properly responding to and evaluating requests made by current…
I wanted to post two recent articles related to the death of Trayvon Martin.
The first discusses the potential liability facing the Retreat at Twin Lakes Homeowners’ Association as Trayvon was apparently shot and killed by a member of that association’s "neighborhood watch" group.
The second release was published by the Community Associations Institute…
I want to remind all of my blog readers that the PM-EXPO Trade Show is scheduled for Tuesday, March 27, at the Charlotte County Convention Center.
This will be a day packed with fun and information with presentations on a number of very interesting topics.
Here’s the link to the home page for the Trade…
A set of new regulations created in 2010 under the Americans with Disabilities Act was scheduled to go into effect on March 15, 2012. Late last week, the deadline for compliance with these regulations was extended for 60 days with the possibility of an additional extension of time to allow for clarification and further…
Florida’s state senators and representatives have concluded their 2012 legislative session in Tallahassee.
While House Bill 319 was overwhelmingly approved, Senate Bill 680–the companion to HB 319–never came before the Senate for a vote, thus effectively preventing either of these bills from becoming law.
Whether the failure of either bill to make…