By David Swedelson, Senior Partner SwedelsonGottlieb; Condo Lawyer and HOA Attorney Owners often want to hold their condo or HOA liable for their damages suffered after a burglary of their unit or home or other criminal act. They claim that their association was required to provide (more) security, that the…
Blog post by David Swedelson, Senior Partner at SwedelsonGottlieb, Community Association Attorney; Condo Lawyer and HOA Attorney We have been receiving calls and emails asking whether California condo, planned development, or stock cooperative HOAs are required to comply with a 2010 change in Federal law that requires that pool lifts…
By David Swedelson, California Condo Attorney and HOA Lawyer, Partner SwedelsonGottlieb, Community Association Attorneys Many community associations continue to suffer from delinquent assessments; many owners are still living in their units or homes not having paid their lender/bank or their association assessments for 2 to 3 years. Many associations are…
Blog article by David Swedelson, California Condo Lawyer and HOA Attorney, Partner at SwedelsonGottlieb, Community Association Attorneys We sometimes see community associations that are out of control, treating some of the owners or residents very badly, refusing to make repairs, perform maintenance in or around some owners’ units or homes…
Blog post by SwedelsonGottlieb Partner David Swedelson, Condo Lawyer and HOA Attorney Interesting and thought provoking article by Florida community association attorney Donna DiMaggio Berger, Esq. that addresses an issue that many of us have thought about, namely a community association’s responsibility for volunteer Community Watch members as well as…
By David Swedelson, Senior Partner, SwedelsonGottlieb Condo Lawyer and HOA Attorney Some condominium and homeowner association residents think that their pet is well trained and does not need to be leashed, and they ignore the association’s rules regarding leashes, believing they do not apply to their well-trained pet. They just…
By David Swedelson, Condo Lawyer and HOA Attorney For many associations who are preparing to hold their annual elections, boards and managers are trying to determine who is actually eligible to be a candidate for the board and who can vote. This is a big issue these days as there…
By the condo lawyers and HOA attorneys at SwedelsonGottlieb As reported by the Community Association Institute’s California Legislative Action Committee (CLAC), “Senate Bill 880 leapfrogged ahead of hundreds of other bills and was signed into law on February 29, 2012. Since this bill was passed as an Urgency Bill, it…
Blog post by David Swedelson, Partner, SwedelsonGottlieb, California condo lawyer and HOA attorney I recently posted a blog article and link to my article about the $55,000 dog. Out of Toronto comes word of an (almost) $40,000 parrot. Some owners are finding that their pets can be very expensive if…
Blog post by David Swedelson, SwedelsonGottlieb Partner, Condo Lawyer and HOA Attorney Think the court will not award significant attorney’s fees in a breach of CC&Rs case? In Klein v. Nyamathi (Bell Canyon HOA), a recent (unpublished) Court of Appeals Decision, the Nyamathis were found liable to their neighbors at…