Tuesday, May 22, 2007

AZ: HOA academies Some Valley cities offer "HOA academies", seminars that usually meet once a week for a few weeks, to educate HOA members on the responsibilities they have as homeowners in HOAs. Board members learn how to carry out their roles including enforcement, which often causes disputes and hard feelings. 9:00:15 AM

NE: Policy Leaves Owners Feeling Trashed They pay taxes to the city of Omaha but don't get all the services other property owners receive. That's why several downtown condominium owners are complaining about unfair treatment. Six On Your Side investigated if their claim was truth or trash. 8:55:56 AM

NY: 18 subcontractors on Victorian Village haven't been paid There’s a catch-22 in the pending sale of the first four condominium units at Victorian Village, 501 Park Lane Circle.  Eighteen subcontractors who helped build the units have taken legal action to hold up the sales in an effort to ensure they get paid for their work. 8:54:12 AM

NJ: Members upset by homeowners' groups Angry members of homeowners' associations, representative of the way an increasing number of people are living, complained at a conference Monday that the elected boards governing their communities can behave like draconian governments. 8:48:59 AM

AZ: Is 'artificial grass' coming to the side of Valley roads? The turf war has begun in Sun City. It's real grass versus artificial turf and the winner gets the West Valley city's medians. 8:45:15 AM

FL: Toxic Mold Growing in Local Condo Inside the dry wall, the entire inside of their wall was covered in mold. Not just any mold -- toxic mold. Mold so dangerous, the two say the condo developer told them to get out and stay out until a mold remediation team, dressed in air tight suits, came in and cleaned until they finally deemed the condo clean. 8:33:15 AM

IL: City inspection Delay Slows Reopening of Condominium Residents at the condominiums adjoining the collapsed parking structure at 1718 Oak Ave. are still barred from their homes despite predictions for an earlier move-in date. 8:31:25 AM

FL: Housing costs put squeeze on workers Condominium converters drained more than 30,000 apartment units from Metro Orlando's rental pool during the height of the nation's home-buying frenzy, creating a market so tight that many landlords had waiting lists of would-be tenants. No more. 8:30:15 AM

NJ: Survive floods without taking a bath A hurricane or nor'easter roars into town, and suddenly your basement is a murky pool of water 8:28:25 AM

LA: Condo groups run insurance gambles as fees spike Concerned higher insurance rates would drive condo fees through the roof, the association voted to drop wind and hail coverage, he said. 8:21:02 AM

MO: Condo developer pleads guilty to asbestos violations The developer of a downtown Kansas City condominium project pleaded guilty in federal court Monday to violating federal standards for asbestos removal during renovation of the property last year, 8:18:30 AM