Monday, November 06, 2006

TX: Environmentally conscious homeowners in conflict with homeowners associations The episode is an example of how an environmentally conscious homeowner who wants to add solar panels, rain water collection barrels, clotheslines or a rock garden may run crosswise with homeowners association rules that limit property use and aim to maintain property values and uniformity in a neighborhood. 12:18:39 PM

VA: Sand is stirring up friction at Cape Henry Beach Last year, the City Council passed a resolution to accept easements from residents to prepare for possible work in the future. But about one-third of the condo associations at Cape Henry balked, saying their beaches are private and wide enough. 12:17:10 PM

CA: Palm Springs Man Ends Hunger Strike over Condo Management An update now on a story CBS 2 first brought you two weeks ago.  A Palm Springs man vowed not to eat until his Home Owner's Association Property Manager stepped down.  There's been a new development, Brane Jevric has officially ended his hunger strike. 11:58:17 AM

SC: Residents of Florence condo complex want protection against assaults For the third time in less than a month, Bridgewood Condominiums in Florence was the site of an attack against women. Now, some residents say they're tired of having to watch their backs in their own community. 11:42:05 AM

FL: Developer's secret $250,000 gift to woo neighborhood group splinters residents On the eve of a city commission vote to allow more units in its 21-story luxury condo on Flagler Drive, the developer The Related Group secretly bestowed a $250,000 gift on the area's neighborhood association. 10:41:39 AM

SC: Premiums confound residents Just because the U.S. hasn't been hit with any big hurricanes this year doesn't mean local homeowners will get relief from skyrocketing property insurance rates. 10:32:45 AM

FL: Condo dreams drop off map Weeds, not construction cranes, are spouting in more than one expensive empty tract. Tampa's long-sought dream of a vibrant residential core, while not gone, appears to be seriously diminished, at least for the time being. 10:29:07 AM

NJ: Neighbors watch, photograph burned condo building Neighbors stood outside photographing what remained of a fire-ravaged nine-unit building in the Dunes at Shoal Harbor condominiums in the Port Monmouth section this morning. 10:01:23 AM

NJ: Town backs opt-out rules for condo act Residents of gated communities who do not want to be included in a proposed bill that would create uniformity among homeowners associations are making themselves heard. 9:59:40 AM