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Community Association Boards Face Holiday Challenges During Pandemic
Many community association boards continue to be resilient and cautious in the face of ongoing pressure from some residents to open all amenities, hold in person meetings, allow unfettered access to the property, and act as if the COVID-19 pandemic is over. This pressure has...
November 4, 2020
Fewer Snowbirds Flocking to Florida as COVID-19 Persists
Travel restrictions, health risks, and reduced amenities have many snowbirds carefully considering their annual migration to Florida communities and RV parks. Becker Shareholder Donna DiMaggio Berger tells the Sun Sentinel that winter residents who do return to the Sunshine State should proactively work with their...
November 4, 2020
Keeping Politics Out of Your Community Association
Not surprisingly, the chatter about whether or not political signs should be permitted in private residential communities has increased as we draw closer to the elections in November. Let’s first discuss whether or not an owner in a Florida HOA has the “right” to install signs....
September 15, 2020
10 Things to Know About Florida’s New Emotional Support Animal Law
In these uncertain times it is not unusual for boards operating pet-restricted communities to receive even more emotional support animal (ESA) requests than usual. What is unusual is the emerging trend that some people requesting these ESAs are retracting their requests when confronted with a...
September 1, 2020
“Opinion: Condo Associations Must Set Clear Coronavirus Rules – and Enforce Them,” Miami Herald
Shared ownership communities have heeded the call and have implemented Covid-19 protocol, reshaping their daily operations to better safeguard their residents. In the past few weeks, the governor and Florida cities and counties have revised their emergency orders numerous times to take into account the pandemic’s...
March 31, 2020
How to Minimize Coronavirus Risk in Fla. Residential Communities
With the number of cases of COVID-19 increasing in Florida and Gov. Ron DeSantis declaring a state of emergency, proactive community association boards and their management professionals are thinking about how this virus might impact their residential communities and what can be done to blunt...
March 5, 2020
Water leaks in your condo: Who’s responsible? | Opinion
There are many advantages to living in a multifamily condo or coop building in South Florida: great views, enviable locations and abundant amenities. However, there is always the possibility of water leaks....
January 21, 2020
Community Associations Threatened With Website Litigation Under the ADA
In the last few months, a growing number of community associations across Florida are being threatened with litigation because their websites are allegedly not friendly to visually impaired users. The genesis for these association website suits may lie with the holding in the recent Domino’s Pizza...
December 24, 2019
Condo Boards Can’t Turn Down Applicants Just Because They Don’t Like Them
“If I like you, you’re in.” Those words were uttered by the board president of the first condominium unit I bought right out of law school. At the time, I wasn’t going to quibble about whether or not this screening procedure was legitimate....
November 18, 2019