Co-op / Condo News: Boards vs. 96-Year-Old Woman, Blind 12-Year-Old

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.

• "Possible Solution in Sight for Girl Unable to Enter [her Co-op's] Swimming Pool" by Susan Jhun (NY1 News)

• "Adding Term Limits to Board Members / A Co-op Board Rejects Buyers" by Jay Romano (The New York Times)

• "Heartbreaking Insults Aimed at Helpless Staten Island Victim" (Staten Island Advance)  See also Habitat story "NYC Condo Board Rejects Wheelchair Lift for Cerebral Palsy Girl"

• "A [Landmarked Co-op's] Restoration Revealed Piece by Piece" by Alison Gregor (The New York Times)

• "Stucco Blues: How One Condominium Deals with a Construction Emergency, Part 1" (Ryan Poliakoff on Condo & HOA Living blog)

Buying and Selling...

• "Affordable Manhattan: [Limited-Equity] Co-ops Keep the Dream Alive" by Margot Adler (National Public Radio / NPR.org)

• "NYC Renovation Chronicles: Work Permits - 5 jobs that require them, 5 that don't" by Yoel Borgenicht (BrickUnderground.com)

• "Low Price Doesn't Always Mean a Bargain" by Malcolm Carter (Service You Can Trust blog)

Board Issues from Around the Country...

• "96-Year-Old Being Forced Out [by Condo Board] Over Storm Preps" by Willard Shepard and Todd Wright (WTVJ-TV, Miami, Fla.)

• "Courts Award [a Unit-Owner] $400,000 for Botched Renovation by Condo President" by Diane C. Lade (South Florida Sun-Sentinel)

• "Woman Has Trouble Getting Reimbursement [from Condo Board] For Damaged AC" (WSOC-TV, Charlotte, N.C.)

• "Generator Sparking Dispute in Grandview" between that town and a high-rise condominium, by Dean Narciso (The Columbus Dispatch, Ohio)

• "Some People [at Two Nearby Condominiums] Can't Stand Park Benches" by Amy Wenk (Midtown Patch, Atlanta, Ga.)

WebCitation archives:

"Swimming Pool" • "Term limits / Rejects"• "Insults" • "Restoration" • "Construction" • "Limited-Equity Co-ops" • "Work Permits" • "Low Price" • "" • "96-Year-Old" • "Botched Renovation" • "Damaged AC" • "Generator" • "Benches"