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Category – Q&A (Question and Answer)
Q: Can an owner of a condominium association exercise free speech to protest issues with their condominium association? (J.D., via e-mail)
A: That is a complicated legal question. The First Amendment to the United States Constitution …
Q: I am on the board of our homeowners’ association. I have been reading about all the new required actions our board is supposed to take. One of the new changes deals with sending our documents out. Can you …
Q: Our small condominium association (27 units) has a number of unit owners who are either foreign nationals, primarily residing abroad, or marine industry folks working offshore for months at a time. It is hard for them to vote …
Q: One of the board members of our homeowners’ association has attended only one meeting in the past year and has not provided any reasons for their absences. I found no clear guidelines in our association’s documents on how …
Q: I am a member of a homeowners’ association that was established with governing documents written and recorded in 1994. Recently, I received a packet for an upcoming association meeting, which included an item on the agenda about renewing …
Today’s column is the seventh and final installment of our review of 2024 legislation affecting Florida community associations. Today, we will continue our review of some major changes made to the laws regulating homeowners’ associations, with a focus on new …
Today’s column is the sixth installment of our review of 2024 legislation affecting Florida community associations. Today, we will continue our review of some major changes made to the laws regulating homeowners’ associations, with a focus on new rules on …
Today’s column is the fifth installment of our review of 2024 legislation affecting Florida community associations. The first four pieces dealt with changes to the condominium statutes and rules for community association managers and management companies. Today, we will begin …
Today’s column is the fourth installment of our review of 2024 legislation affecting Florida community associations. The first three pieces dealt with changes to the condominium statutes. Today we will wrap up the discussion on changes to the condominium statutes …
Today’s column is the third installment of our review of 2024 legislation affecting Florida community associations. The first two pieces dealt with changes to the condominium statutes, as will today’s review.
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This is the second installment of my annual legislative review for 2024. The first segment looked at changes to the condominium laws regarding director education, mandatory website requirements, new board meeting procedures, and the addition of criminal penalties for certain …
2024 was a particularly active year for community association legislation. There were several hundred pages of legislation affecting condominium, cooperative and homeowners’ associations. Community association legislation is often described as “the good, the bad, and the ugly.” 2024 was a …
