We’ve recently seen a new trend in the development of master planned communities, where developers are coming up with some creative and different ways to entice owners to their communities. One trend sweeping the United States is Urban Farming (also known as gardening); with the idea that anyone can grow their own organic food easily.
Developers are listening to the wants...
TOPS, a national provider of software for community association management, recently released its snapshot of the HOA Industry by the numbers. Below are a few interesting ones that might get you thinking about your association and how it operates:
Over the summer, a picture was floating around on different social media sites and news outlets. Headlines read: “How to Respond When Your Homeowners Association Won’t Let you Fly the American Flag” or “Man Paints House like American Flag in Protest”. The...
We’ve all heard the horror stories of over the top holiday decorations. TLC has gone so far to do a show aptly names “Invasion of the Christmas Lights”. We’ve all watched the glorious moment when Clark Griswold dramatically plugs in his Christmas lights only to find out there’s a problem, but eventually with a flip of a...
We often read blogs by our colleagues across the country and found this one too funny not to share with our readers. What follows is a repost of a blog by David Swedelson, Partner at SwedelsonGottlieb.
As community association attorneys, we are often called upon to deal with neighbor to neighbor...
Have you ever wondered or been posed with the question of “what gives the board authority to adopt rules when the governing documents don’t specifically authorize this?” The answer is Section 302(1)(a) of CCIOA.
In fact, Section 302(1) of CCIOA sets forth...
I have sat through countless Board meetings where Board members and owners alike bemoan the condition of bank-owned properties in the community. Often, weeds have overtaken the yard, the grass is dead, and the home is in need of a new coat of paint. The question that always comes up is “What can be done about this eyesore?”
An association’s remedies are limited to the...
A recent Denver Post article ranks Colorado among the top 10 states with the highest share of homeowners insurance claims paid out due to catastrophes. What does this mean for individual homeowners and associations?
Coloradans can...
Do you ever wonder why associations don’t receive property tax bills for common elements? It’s because the Colorado Common Interest Ownership Act (CCIOA) prohibits municipalities from separately taxing common elements. Specifically, Section 105(2) of CCIOA states, “common elements shall not be...
We’ve written articles in the past about why associations should foreclose on banks who own homes in your community. We’ve explained that banks should be treated like any other owner and that you shouldn’t sit on the delinquent account waiting for the lender to sell the home. In...
