Over the last five (5) years the legislature has put much more emphasis on owner access to official records and penalties against associations and board members for failure to comply with same. This has been in reaction to a few cases, most notably in Miami-Dade County, where violations of current official […]
Q: My condominium association recently hired a security service to post guards at our gated community’s entrance and patrol the grounds. The board’s goal in hiring them was to address owners’ concerns about the rising number of crimes in our area and to reduce the likelihood of crimes happening in […]
Today, our world is hugely inundated with the use of artificial intelligence (AI). On a personal level we see this in our use of our smartphones and other technologies to access information either through social media or asking “Siri,” “Alexa,” or “Google” for answers, or in the use of services […]
Q: I was unable to find any information on spending limits in our condominium documents for discretionary projects not included in the budget. I also did not find a process in place for presenting these projects to owners for approval. How can owners effectively control the board’s spending on non-budgeted […]
In a recent op-ed for the Miami Herald, Donna DiMaggio Berger addresses how homeowners associations (HOAs) should respond to immigration enforcement actions. Drawing on her extensive experience in community association law, DiMaggio Berger provides guidance on navigating the complex legal and ethical considerations that HOAs may face when dealing with […]
