As energy costs are predicted to dramatically increase and budget season is upon associations with fiscal years based on the calendar year, New Jersey associations that purchase electric service for their residents should prepare for surging utility rates in 2025 and 2026 following PJM Interconnection’s (“PJM”) last capacity auction. PJM, […]
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 in our board elections. Must condo board election ballots only be […]
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 to handle such situation. Our board president is content to tolerate […]
Newly created Florida Statute 215.5587 establishes the My Safe Florida Condominium Pilot Program- a grant program to help condominiums within 15 miles inward from the coastline offset the cost of certain building improvement projects to strengthen their buildings against hurricanes. The grant program was funded by a thirty-million-dollar appropriation, with […]
Prior to July 1, 2024, only associations operating condominiums with 150 or more units were required to have a website. However, Florida lawmakers expanded this mandate through House Bill 1021, which was signed by Governor DeSantis and became effective July 1, 2024, to include any association operating a condominium with […]
