Co-op/Condo News: Art Attack, Rachel Maddow, $1 Foreclosure Condos, More
New York, NY, August 16, 2010 — Recent news for co-op boards and condo associations.
When a condo board destroys a sidewalk mural (at left; click to enlarge) by renowned artist Hani Shihada, a repentant board president chalks it up to experience. A condo board elsewhere experiences a discrimination suit over its ban on children. Connecticut condo-dwellers gain transparency, to a point — will New York be next? Plus, $1 condos in beautiful Honolulu isn't as great as that sounds, condo buyers in Manhattan get a landmark ruling that doesn't involve landmarks, Rachel Maddow picks up Michael Stipe's old place, and learn all the latest trends in apartments open houses. Hint: Wear clean socks!
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.
- "Street Artist Gets Apology [from condo board president] for Destroyed Work on Upper West Side" by Leslie Albrecht (DNAinfo.com)
- "Boca Raton Condo Association Sued over Ban on Children" by Wayne Roustan ( South Florida Sun-Sentinel)
- "New Law Calls [Connecticut] Condo Boards to Account" by Lisa Prevost ( The New York Times) and "More Rights for Owners of Condos" by George Gombossy ( New Haven Register)
- "Turning Down a Buyer Who Already Lives in the Building" (BrickUnderground.com)
- "Trapped Between Two Rival Board Neighbors" (BrickUnderground.com)
Buying and Selling...
- "Federal Judge Rules District Condo Buyers Can Get Deposits Back in Landmark ILSA Ruling" by David Jones (TheRealDeal.com) and "Condo Buyers Find Escape Clause" by Craig Karmin ( The Wall Street Journal)
- "What Closing Costs are Negotiable?" (Brownstoner.com forum)
- "When You Open Your House, You Open Your Life" by Malcolm Carter (Service You Can Trust blog)
- "Apartment Sellers Insist on Exposure, of the Feet" by Christine Haughney ( The New York Times)
- "Up on the Roof," on what buyers should know about condo roof decks, by Ronald H. Gitter (CoopAndCondo.com)
- "Check Out Rachel Maddow's New $1.25 Million N.Y.C. Apartment" by Eunice Oh ( People)
- "[Manhattan] Luxury Condos Asking the Feds for Help" by Juan DeJesus (NBCNewYork.com via MSNBC.com)
Board Issues from Around the Country...
- "Cambridge Resident Complains of Condo Assoc.’s Alleged Embezzling" by Auditi Guha ( Cambridge [Mass.] Chronicle)
- "South Florida Homeowners Associations Get Tough in Collecting Delinquent Fees" by Paul Owers and Lisa J. Huriash ( South Florida Sun-Sentinel)
- "Brockton Mayor’s Condo Complex Owes $17,000 for Water" by Amy Littlefield ( The Patriot Ledger, Quincy, Mass.)
- "Foreclosures Hurt Condos" by Rob Perez ( Honolulu Star-Advertiser)
WebCitation archives:
"Street Artist" • "Luxury Condos" • "Turning Down" • "Foreclosures" • "Trapped" • "Federal Judge" • "Closing Costs" • "Escape Clause" • "Open...House" • "Feet" • "Roof" • "Rachel Maddow" • "Children" • "New Law" • "More Rights" • "Cambridge" • "Delinquent Fees" • "$17,000 for Water"
Images courtesy Hani Shihada (top) and NBC-Universal (above)