Co-op/Condo News: Rough Board Election, Wheelchairs & Heath Ledger
New York, NY, Nov. 22, 2010 — Recent news for co-op boards and condo associations.
Thought the midterm elections were brutal? They had nothing on a Staten Island condo-board election. A co-op in Queens goes without gas for over a month, some low-income co-ops are "low-income co-ops," and Fannie Mae releases its latest lending guidelines. Plus, five traps that co-op / condo buyers must avoid, there's yet another condo that doesn't quite get that people in wheelchairs are in wheelchairs!, and in a world where co-ops and condos come and go, a movie and TV voice-over artist buys a place — but not the one where Heath Ledger died, which just went condo.
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.
- "Disappointed [Board] Challengers at Captain's Quarters Condominiums [on Staten Island] Come Up Empty" by Mark D. Stein (SILive.com)
- "Douglaston Manor Co-op Residents Have Big Pain in the Gas, Haven't Been Able to Cook Since Oct. 12" by Irving DeJohn (New York Daily News)
- "Suddenly, SoHo Heeds Law on Artists’ Lofts" by Christine Haughney (The New York Times)
- "My Big Fat Board Interview: Reference check!" (BrickUnderground.com)
- "New Lending Guidelines From Fannie Mae" by Lynnley Browning (The New York Times)
- "City's 'Cash' Pads: 'Low-income' co-ops lining tenants' pockets" by Joseph Goldstein (New York Post)
Buying and Selling...
- "5 Traps Every Apartment Buyer Should Avoid" by Ronald H. Gitter (Huffington Post)
- "Interest in Crown Heights Co-ops Stimulated by 15% Price Reduction" by Linda Collins (Brooklyn Daily Eagle)
- "SoHo Building Where Heath Ledger Died Is Turned Into Condo" by Sarah Kershaw (The New York Times)
- "Coming To an Apartment Near You... Voice-Over Star Wendell Craig Buys $1.7 M. Pad" by Laura Kusisto (The New York Observer)
- "Let Us All Praise Honorable Brokers" by Malcolm Carter (Service You Can Trust blog)
Board Issues from Around the Country and More...
- "Wheelchair User Denied Reasonable Accommodations" by Chicago condominium (Access Living press release)
- "Condo Ordered to Get Dimmer" by Brian Shane (The Daily Times, Salisbury, Md.)
- "[Condo] Resident Racks Up $17G in Fines – For the Birds" by Marie Szaniszlo (Boston Herald)
WebCitation archives:
"Disappointed" "Douglaston Manor" • "Suddenly, Soho" • "Reference Check" "Fannie Mae" • "Low-income co-ops" • "5 Traps" • "Crown Heights" • "Heath Ledger" • "Wendell Craig" • "Honorable" • "Wheelchair" • "Dimmer" • "Birds"
