Co-op / Condo News: Property-Tax Protest, Pigeons and Unfair Board Practices

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.

• "Co-op Boards, Elected Officials Blast 'Hidden' Property Tax" by Paul Leonard (Little Neck Patch) and "Avella, Stavisky Lambast Valuations for Co-ops" by Nathan Duke (Douglaston Patch)

• "Superior Court Rules Daily Fines [by Condo Board] Reasonable Against Pigeon-Feeding Unit Owner" by Robert Nislick (Marcus, Errico, Emmer & Brooks, P.C)

• "Upstairs, Downstairs: Strategies for Dealing with Noise Disputes" by Paul W. Windust, Esq. (ECHO: Executive Council of Homeowners)

• "Term Limits for Condo/HOA Board Members – Necessary or Nonsensical?" (Ryan Poliakoff on Condo & HOA Living blog)

• "Dodging a Bullet on Condominium Transfer Fees" by Ken Harney (The News-Times, Danbury, CT)

Buying and Selling...

• "Condo Residents Should Inform Themselves Before Crying Foul" by Jordan Shifrin (Daily Herald, Arlington Heights, IL)

• "Dear Ms. Demeanor: The board shot down our renovation plans and now they're ignoring us" by Jamie Lauren Sutton (BrickUnderground.com)

• "Be Sure to Nail Down What's Nailed Down – and Isn't" by Malcolm Carter (Service You Can Trust blog)

• "My Big Fat Board Interview: 'Break your own shredder'" (BrickUnderground.com)

Board Issues from Around the Country...

• "Handicap Parking Spaces Painted Over at Solaire Condominiums Downtown" by Mary Shanklin (Orlando Sentinel)

• "Regent Realty [Condo-Management] Owners Indicted in Fraud" by Ameet Sachdev (Chicago Breaking Business)

• "St. Louis Condo Bookkeeper Accused" (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)

• "[Property Manager] Husband, Wife Plead Not Guilty in Byram [Condo] Burglary Spree" by Debra Friedman (The Advocate, Stamford, CT)

• "Southgate Aims to Rehabilitate Broadway Condominiums" by Josh O'Leary (Iowa City Press-Citizen)

• "Nevada Homeowners Rally Against Unfair [Board] Practices" by Darcy Spears (KTNV, Las Vegas, NV)

WebCitation archives:

"Hidden Tax" • "Avella" • "Pigeon-Feeding" • "Noise Disputes" • "Term Limits" • "Dodging" • "Condo Residents" • "Ms. Demeanor" • "Shredder" • "Handicap" • "Regent Realty" • "St. Louis" • "Burglary Spree" • "Southgate" • "Nevada"