Category: Q&A

Q&A Q&A: Handling Verbal Abuse
2024 Expo Q&A: Handling Verbal Abuse

Q. My question is in regards to a verbally abusive homeowner that attends meetings to yell at and berate the board members. I, the board president, was singled out and yelled at during our last meeting and it’s really scary. Some of his i…

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Q&A Q&A: Do You Need a Quorum to Hold an Election?
2024 Winter Q&A: Do You Need a Quorum to Hold an Election?

Q. At my condo board’s annual meeting the board refused to hold elections because there was not a quorum of unit owners present, so the board appointed themselves for another year. I am told they have been doing this for years. What can b…

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Q&A Group of Human Arms Raised with Concrete wall
2023 Expo Q&A: Do You Need a Quorum to Hold an Election?

Q. At my condo board’s annual meeting the board refused to hold elections because there was not a quorum of unit owners present, so the board appointed themselves for another year. I am told they have been doing this for years. What can b…

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Q&A Q&A: Removing the Board Prez
Winter 2023 Q&A: Removing the Board Prez

Q. We are a small condo association of 12 units. Our president is very unliked. She went after a unit owner with a vengeance over a $25 fine, got an attorney, and cost us owners over $6,000 in legal fees so far. How do we legally remove h…

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Q&A Q&A: Going After a Smoker
Winter 2023 Q&A: Going After a Smoker

Q.   I live in a condo and my neighbor downstairs from me is constantly smoking. I brought it to the attention of management and nothing has been done. What are my options as an owner: do I bring legal action against management or do I tak…

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Q&A Q&A: After the Floods
2021 October Q&A: After the Floods

Q. I own a condo that I sublet to a renter. Recently, the apartment flooded twice: once when the renter, who is ill, had left the water on by mistake. The second time seems due to plumbing issues that I am responsible for, and which are b…

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Q&A Q&A:  Board Overreach
2021 October Q&A: Board Overreach

Q. I am a fairly new resident in a 55-and-up community. My board—mainly the president, who has re-elected herself for the past 18+ years—has a history of abuse of power, intimidation of residents, overreach, and possibly financial impropr…

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Q&A Q&A: Removing the Board Prez
2021 October Q&A: Removing the Board Prez

Q. We are a small condo association of 12 units. Our president is very unliked. She went after a unit owner with a vengeance over a $25 fine, got an attorney, and cost us owners over $6,000 in legal fees so far. How do we legally remove h…

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Q&A Q&A: Self-Appointed Board
Fall 2021 Q&A: Self-Appointed Board

Q. My HOA board has not had an election in 10 years. They keep reappointing themselves and appointing their friends to the board when there is a vacancy. Is this legal? How can I stop this abuse of power by my HOA?                     —R…

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