by Kiara Candelaria | Oct 16, 2019 | Advocacy, Community Associations
New guidelines issued by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development will allow more condominium units to be eligible for mortgages insured by the Federal Housing Administration—making homeownership more attainable for first-time buyers.
by Laura Otto | Jun 11, 2019 | Advocacy, CAI, Community Associations
The Star-Spangled Banner. Old Glory. The red, white, and blue. No matter how Americans refer to the U.S. flag, everyone has the right to fly it.
by Dawn Bauman, CAE | Feb 21, 2019 | Advocacy, CAI
Courts across the nation are split on whether post-petition community association assessments constitute dischargeable debts under Chapter 13 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code. To make matters worse, in November, the Supreme Court denied a petition to review the issue,...
by John Ganoe, CAE | Dec 17, 2018 | Advocacy, Community Associations, Membership
A common mistake in state legislatures considering community association manager licensing—and among the general public—is to lump community association managers and property managers into the same bucket. While both are very important roles, they are distinctly...
by Merrell Guzman | Oct 18, 2018 | Advocacy, CAI, Community Associations, Education, Government Affairs, International
Shanghai urban skyline, China Picture this: A place where community associations aren’t legally able to have their own bank accounts, property management companies can retain ownership of common areas and rent them out without homeowners’ consent, and developers...
by Merrell Guzman | Oct 4, 2018 | Advocacy, CAI, Community Associations, Government Affairs, International
Big Ben, London Community association living is widely popular in many areas of the world. In the U.S., for example, there are 70 million people living in 344,500 common-interest communities, one in eight live in a condominium in Canada, and three million Australians...