Co-op / Condo News: Mail Bomb, Top Doorman, Free Speech, Munster Mash

Read all the latest co-op board and condo board news in Habitat's weekly Monday News Roundup! Also included: Permanent archival links. If a link ever goes dead, you'll still be able to read the backup at WebCitation.org.

• "Self-Managed Buildings Turn Tenants Into Supers" by Hilary Stout (The New York Times)

• "Turning a Co-op Into a Condo" by Jay Romano (The New York Times)

• "East Side Tenants Gush over Heroic Accountant Turned Doorman Named City's Best by Local 32BJ" by Rich Schapiro (New York Daily News)

• "Increased Security at 15 CPW [Condominium] in Wake of Mail-Bomb Plot" by C.J. Sullivan (New York Post)

• "Landscape Designer Brings Farmland Roots to Manhattan Rooftops," including to co-ops, by Tara Kyle (DNAInfo.com)

Buying and Selling...

• "[Manhattan] Co-op, Condo Sales Drop Off" by Josh Barbanel (The Wall Street Journal)

• "Stay Ready, So You Don't Have to Get Ready," on buying a co-op / condo where plan amendments can't be located, by Ronald H. Gitter (CoopAndCondo.com)

• "The Trouble with [Selling] Condos" during a time of tightened lending requirements by government-sponsored mortgage backers, by M.P. McQueen (The Wall Street Journal)

Board Issues from Around the Country...

• "Elliot Kamin Wins Free-Speech Fight with Condo" by Bob Egelko (San Francisco Chronicle)

• "'Bully' HOA President Ousted" by Brian Collister (WOAI-TV, San Antonio, Texas)

• "US Says Munster Condo Association Agrees To $120,000 Settlement in Housing Discrimination Suit" by the Associated Press via the Chicago Tribune

WebCitation archives:

"Self-Managed" • "Turning" •  "Best Doorman" • "15 CPW" • "Landscape" • "Sales Drop Off" • "Stay Ready" • "Trouble" • "Free Speech" • "Bully" • "Munster"