In the past few months, while many of the residents in our communities have escaped Florida’s heat and humidity, our friends at the U.S Department of Housing and Urban Development have been busy expanding the reach of Fair Housing protections.
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Time for Board Certification!
By Scott Gordon
ROC board members can meet their board certification requirement by attending the 6th Annual Community Association Festival at the Venice Community Center on February 17, 2016. Registration with a free continental breakfast starts at 8:30 a.m. There will be…
Welcome to a Busy 2016!
By Scott Gordon
ROC board members and managers have several opportunities to network and learn over the next few weeks:
- I’ll be speaking to our friends at EPROC (East Pasco Resident Owned Communities) at their monthly meeting at 9:00 a.m. on Friday, January
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All Eyes on Erika
By Scott Gordon
Most Floridians know that our real “hurricane season” begins around the time that thoughts turn to football and our students returning to school. This year is no different as we have been following the progress of Tropical Storm Erika.…
CAMs and the Unauthorized Practice of Law (2015 Version)
By Scott Gordon
Several managers of resident owned communities have asked me to discuss the recent Florida Supreme Court opinion concerning certain activities performed by non-lawyer CAMs.
The Court was asked whether these activities, if performed by a non-lawyer community association manager,…
Are You Ready for E-voting?
By Scott Gordon
Effective July 1, 2015, voting and the conduct of elections in resident owned communities in Florida may be done electronically. There are numerous conditions that must be met before a unit owner can vote electronically–not the least of which is…
Flags, Ducks and Purchase Offers
By Scott Gordon
I wanted to share two recent news stories and discuss a question raised in an email sent to my blog over the weekend. It’s always nice to read good things about the members of our ROC family and the efforts…
Florida Tightens Up its Service Animal Laws
By Scott Gordon
A much needed update to Florida’s laws governing service animals was signed into law yesterday (June 11, 2015). Here’s the link to the full text of House Bill 71 that shows the numerous revisions to Florida Statute Section 413.08. It…
Florida’s Legislators Update ROC Fining Committees
By Scott Gordon
Florida’s lawmakers “tweaked” the provisions relating to ROC “fining committees” during the recent legislative session in Tallahassee. In summary, condominium associations, cooperative associations, and mandatory homeowners’ associations now follow a similar process:
- The revisions now clarify that it is the
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Resolution for 2015
By Scott Gordon
Welcome to 2015 and my best wishes to all of my blog’s followers for a very happy and healthy new year.
2014 was an extremely busy year and I was unable to post entries here as often as in previous…