Co-op / Condo News: Flags, No Smoking & a Board Gets Creative with a Deadbeat

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.

• "Shareholders Avoiding Conflict of Interest / A Board Discovers Hidden Cameras" by Jay Romano (The New York Times)

• "Does your Condo or HOA Use a Website or Social Media to Inform Owners? Why Not?" by Daniel Vasquez (South Florida Sun-Sentinel)

• "A Condo, High-Profile Residents and a $40,000 Bill," on creative steps a board is taking with an owner in deep arrears, by Christine Haughney (The New York Times)

• "Condos vs. Co-ops: Crass Warfare" by Michael Gross (Crain's New York Business)

Buying and Selling...

• "NYC Renovation Chronicles: The 6 essentials for board approval" by Yoel Borgenicht (BrickUnderground.com)

• "A Checklist for Renting Your Condo" by Ronald H. Gitter (CoopAndCondo.com)

• "Out and About: Comps don’t always explain price" by Malcolm Carter (Service You Can Trust blog)

• "Bruce Willis Finds Buyer for Discounted Upper West Side Condo" by Sara Polsky (Curbed.com)

Board Issues from Around the Country...

• "Pasadena May Snuff Out Condo Smokers" by Brian Charles (Pasadena Star-News, CA)

• "Bill Gives All [Condo Owners] the Right to Fly a Flag at their Home" (New Hampshire Union Leader)

• "HOA Hall of Shame President Guilty of Coercion" (KTNV-TV, Las Vegas, NV)

• "Harper Resurrects Condo Bill" to allow renting one's condo, by Nora Avery-Page (Daily News-Sun, Sun City AZ)

• "Condo Owners Sue Building Framer for Not Completing Job" by John Suayan (The Southeast Texas Record)

WebCitation archives:

"Shareholders/Cameras" • "Social Media" • "$40,000 Bill" • "Condos vs. Co-ops" • "Renovation" • "Renting Condo" • "Comps" • "Bruce Willis" • "Condo Smokers" • "Fly the Flag" • "Coercion" • "Harper" • "Building Framer"