Co-op / Condo News: Drunk-Cooking & Bedbug Lawsuits, Tea Party Flags, More

Read all the latest co-op board, condo board and co-op / condo buyer 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.

• "Condo Board Cooks Up Suit vs. Owner" over burning food, smoke alarms and the FDNY, by Kathianne Boniello (New York Post)

• "Condo Board Sues Resident over Bedbugs" by Frank Kalman (Chicago Real Estate Daily)

• "Condominium Associations May Be Liable for Failing to Resolve Unit-Owner Disputes" by Jeremy Tyler (CondominiumInsuranceLaw.com)

• "A Fifth Avenue Co-op Says No: Did It Take Subterfuge [on the part of a buyer accused of deliberately failing the admission interview]?" by Christine Haughney (The New York Times)

• "Condo Board Mutiny at Williamsburg's Warehouse 11!" by Joey Arak (NY.Curbed.com)

• "Soul-Searching at a Defiantly Affordable Co-op," on divided factions at Manhattan's Penn South, by Cara Buckley (The New York Times)

Buying, Selling, Living...

• "Looking for a Good Contractor? Try the Fire Department" by Jennifer Ciotta (BrickUnderground.com)

• "Buyers and Sellers, Don’t Hold Back Information" by Malcolm Carter (Service You Can Trust blog)

• "Duplex Donny-Brooke! [Co-op] Board Bounces Buyer from Astor Abode" by Matt Chaban (The New York Observer)

Board Issues from Around the Country...

• "Nashville Woman May Lose Condo Because of Hoarding" (Associated Press via WTVF-TV, Nashville TN)

• "Condo Group Sues for $1M: Assateague House Owners Accuse Accountant of Misappropriation" by Scott Muska (DelmarvaNow.com, Delaware & environs)

• "Flag Fight: An apology [from a condo board], a promise, an invitation" by Paula Tracy (New Hampshire Union Leader)

• "[Arizona Governor] Jan Brewer to HOAs: Don't Tread on Residents' Tea Party Flags" by James King (Phoenix New Times) and "Brewer Signs Bill Giving Tea Party-Backed Flag Same Status as U.S. Flag" (FoxNews.com)

WebCitation archives:

"Cooks Up Suit" • "Bedbugs" • "Liable" • "Fifth Avenue" • "Mutiny" • "Soul-Searching" • "Contractor" • "Information" • "Donny-Brooke" • "Hoarding" • "$1M" • "Flag Fight" • "Tea Party Flags " • "Tea Party-Backed Flag"