Co-op / Condo News: Near-Death & Taxes, Property Manager Sued, More

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.

• "Home Slump? Not on Tax Bill," on rising New York City property taxes, by Josh Barbanel (The Wall Street Journal)

• "Cell Phone Saves Harlem's Man Life from Bullet" shot by a co-op's fired super, by Jamie Schram, Larry Celona and Kevin Fasick (New York Post)

• "Bedbugged! I Survived, and So Can You" by Theresa Braine (BrickUnderground.com)

• "Rochdale Village [Co-op]: Blueprint for a New Housing Option?" by Peter Eisenstadt (History News Network)

• "The Fight Against Clothes Line Bans" by Tom Geoghegan (BBC News Magazine)

Buying and Selling...

• "One Broker Is Too Busy to Sell her New Listing" by Malcolm Carter (Service You Can Trust blog)

• "You Will Meet a Perfect Stranger on Riverside Drive," on Perfect Strangers' Mark Linn-Baker selling his co-op, by Chloe Malle (New York Observer)

• "Mews Flash" (second item under "Gekko a Go"), on Justin Timerlake buying Soho Mews condo, by Jennifer Gould Keil (New York Post)

Board Issues from Around the Country and More...

• "No Smoking: Some apartment, condo dwellers barred from lighting up at home" by Carole Feldman (The Canadian Press news agency)

• "Local [Property] Management Company Bears Brunt of [Pesticide Exposure] Lawsuit Verdict" by Bill Engle (Richmond, Ind., Palladium-Item)

• "Fairway Palms II [Apartment-to-Condo Conversion] Searching for Silver Lining in Losses" by Melissa E. Holsman (TCPalm.com, Scripps Treasure Coast [Fla.] Newspapers)

• "Woodland Pond Resident Does Battle with his Homeowners’ Association" by Greg Pearson (Chesterfield Observer, Chesterfield County, Va.)

WebCitation archives:

"Tax Bill" • "Cell Phone" • "Bedbugged" • "Rochdale" • "Clothes Line" • "One Broker" • "Perfect Stranger"• "Mews Flash" • "No Smoking" • "Fairway Palms" • "Woodland Pond" • "Lawsuit Verdict"