Co-op / Condo News: Bed Bug Summit, Dakota Discrimination Suit and 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.

• "Cyber Grilling A co-op board meets its first Skype applicants" by S. Jhoanna Robledo (New York)

• "Dakota Co-op Board Is Accused of Bias" by Peter Lattman and Christine Haughney; "The Money Manager Who Is Suing the Dakota" by Peter Lattman (The New York Times)

• "[Dakota] Lawsuit Peeks into World of New York City Co-ops" by Basil Katz (TheRealDeal.com)

• "Condo Boot Camp: Training, certificate, for newly elected board members" by Cindy Kent (South Florida Sun-Sentinel)

• "810 Fifth and Taxes: Felix Rohatyn Gives Co-op, $11.25 M. to Family Trust" by Matt Chaban (The New York Observer)

• "Queens Co-op, Condo Board Presidents Hail Preservation of 'Flip Tax'" by Nathan Duke (Douglaston Patch)

• "Co-op City: Made in the U.S.A." by Bernard Cylich, director, Riverbay Board (New York Daily News letter-to-the-editor). See also Habitat article "Glenn Beck Attacks Co-op City. He's Attacking the American Dream."

Buying, Selling, Living...

• "Self-Employed Borrowers Have a New Mortgage Option" by Malcolm Carter (Service You Can Trust blog)

• "Condo Fees Should Be Fully Factored into Mortgages" by Paula Arab (The Vancouver Sun) and "Living Within Your Means" by Donna Kemper (Calgary Herald, letter to the editor in response)

• "Paying Co-op Yearly Real Estate Taxes in Full" (Brownstoner.com forum)

• "New Developments Getting Ready for a Spring Awakening" by Sara Polsky (Curbed.com)

• "What Every New Yorker Should Learn from the National Bed Bug Summit" by Gil Bloom (BrickUnderground.com)

• "Timbaland Stops Foreclosure on $2.5 Million Condo" by Danielle Canada (HipHopWired.com)

Board Issues from Around the Country...

• 96-unit "Boynton Beach Condo Residents Locked Out of Pool and Clubhouse" because six are in foreclosure, by Erika Pesantes (South Florida Sun-Sentinel)

• "Charitable Donations Are Laudable, but Condo Board Must Follow Statutes" by Richard White (TCPalm.com, Scripps Treasure Coast Newspapers column, Florida)

• "Fund Set Up for Elderly Cat Owners Whose Condo Board Hit Them with $12,000 in Fees" by Eve Samples (TCPalm.com). See also "Condo Association Forcing 88-Year-Old Woman with Dementia to Get Rid of Cat"

• "Gates Co-op Houseboats" by Hank Pellissier (The New York Times)

WebCitation archives:

"Cyber Grilling" • "Dakota Bias" • "Money Manger" • "Lawsuit Peeks" • "Boot Camp" • "810 Fifth" • "Queens Co-op" • "Co-op City" • "Self-Employed" • "Condo Fees" • "Living Within" • "Yearly Real Estate Taxes" • "Bed Bug Summit" • "Timbaland" • "Boynton Beach"  • "Charitable" • "Cat Owners" • "Gates"