Co-op / Condo News: Boards vs. 96-Year-Old Woman, Blind 12-Year-Old
New York, NY, July 11, 2011 — Recent news for your co-op board or condo association.
Every time we think we've heard the ultimate bad-board story, a worse one appears: A condo board in Florida is trying to evict a 96-year-old unit-owner on a fixed income because she doesn't have $6,500 to install newly mandated "hurricane-proof" windows and doors. Read the whole sickening story. Closer to home, a blind, autistic 12-year-old girl may finally be allowed to use her own co-op pool again, but there's a catch. Seems the board thinks she poses a safety threat. Yep, blind little girls ... real menace to society. Elsewhere, we've a co-op board that successfully renovated a landmarked building, a condo board that dealt with a construction emergency, and news for co-op / condo buyers and owners.
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"