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The 2025 Legislative Session brought us multiple changes to the Florida Condominium Act. House Bill 913 contained 191 pages of changes to Chapter 468, governing community association managers; Chapter 553, governing condominium milestone inspections; Chapter 718, governing condominiums; and Chapter 719, governing cooperatives. Chapter 720, governing homeowners’ associations, was not […]

WHAT HAPPENED: This case arises out of postings allegedly made by the defendants in a private online forum for residents of the plaintiff Trump Village Section 4, Inc., a cooperative complex located in Coney Island, New York. The summons and complaint were filed on June 13, 2023. The complaint alleges […]

Q: Our condominium consists of a number of buildings with two residential floors with covered parking underneath. It is my understanding that the prior statutes allowed associations to partially fund the reserves. Fully funding the reserves through increased quarterly payments or a sizable special assessment will impose an unnecessary hardship […]

Most condominium and homeowners’ associations have the right to adopt and to amend rules and regulations.  The community declaration, articles of incorporations, and/or by-laws will often describe an association’s authority and procedures for adopting rules and regulations.  Also, the Florida Statutes expressly give associations’ boards of directors the right to […]

The condominium omnibus bill, which was adopted during the 2025 legislative session, amends Florida Statute 718.112 to explicitly allow condominium association meetings to be held by video conference. “Video conference” is defined in the statute to mean any real time audio and video meeting between two or more people via […]