However, the language of Civil Code 5650(b)(3) permitting the imposition of interest applies only to “delinquent assessments, reasonable fees and costs of collection, and reasonable attorney’s fees” charged by the association, and not the interest itself. If legitimate interest remains unpaid ...
Finally, before the association commences the lawsuit, the association must allocate an amount equal to 10% of the cost estimated to resolve the lawsuit, not including attorney fees, and place it in a trust that the association may only use to pay the costs to resolve the lawsuit. The statu...
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Playing fast and loose with the rules and regulations can have a deleterious effect on a property. “If the rules aren’t enforced to a reasonable degree, things can get out of control,” says Lyew-Wooten. “The identity of the community and the things the association are about can be ...
9. Homeowners with Disabilities Have a Right to Reasonable Accommodations According to theFair Housing Act, homeowners with disabilities have a right to request reasonable accommodations. This can be in the form of a ramp so that homeowners who use wheelchairs can gain access to communal areas. Ho...
use when deciding whether to make a loan to a building or association. Among these factors are the number of delinquent unit owners and how much money is in arrears; a reasonable ratio of the amount being loaned to the market value of the unit; and the impact of debt service payments on...
“I think that at the most basic level, the duties that the board owes the unit owners and members comes down to that fiduciary duty,” says Jennifer Horan, a senior attorney with the law firm of Becker & Poliakoff in Naples, Florida. “The officers and the directors have to keep the ...
Thulin does point out that unit owners are “Locked into the rules and regulations set forth in the governing documents, because presumably they read and agreed to them when they bought their unit. They can’t say they didn’t know. A reasonable expectation is that they and/or their tenants...
objectionable conduct, this places a huge limitation on a shareholder’s right to cure,” says Nadel. “One of the worst hoarding cases I had resulted in the tenant’s church group cleaning out all the garbage and debris. She was able to maintain the apartment in a reasonable state after ...