As a follow up to last night’s blog entry about Tropical Storm Debby, Governor Scott has declared a state of emergency for Florida . Again, managers, board members and residents of ROCs should follow any and all directives issued
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Reminders for ROCs from Tropical Storm Debby
By Scott Gordon
I’ve spent most of the past two days following The Weather Channel and watching the water level in the retention pond behind our home continue to rise with each passing hour. While full-time Floridians like to joke that hurricane season…
FEMA’s Flood Insurance Decision Hurts ROCs
By Scott Gordon
Yesterday’s edition of the South Florida Sun-Sentinel featured a column by Donna DiMaggio Berger, the executive director of the Community Advocacy Network and a partner in the Katzman, Garfinkel and Berger law firm.
In what Ms. Berger calls an “unprecedented…
ROC Presidents Should Preside, Not Rule
By Scott Gordon
Florida statutes governing condominium and cooperative associations specifically provide that it is the association’s board of directors that is responsible for the administration of the association. Similarly, the governing documents for most mandatory homeowners associations governed by Chapter 720 of…
2012 is the International Year of Cooperatives!
By Scott Gordon
I’ve returned from a few days in Washington, DC at the American Bar Association’s 21st Annual Conference on Affordable Housing and Community Development Law.
The theme of the conference was “Making the Case for Affordable Housing and Community Development”. I…
ADA Pool Accessibility FAQs and An ABA Forum
By Scott Gordon
Carol Grondzik,one of my colleagues in our firm’s Tallahassee office, just forwarded a link that answers many frequently asked questions about the pool accessibility requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act. As I mentioned in one of my earlier blog…
Beware of the “Property Deed Solicitation Letter”
By Scott Gordon
The number of schemes out there that seek to part us from our hard earned money continues to amaze me.
Last month, the Manatee County Clerk’s Office issued a warning about a “Property Deed Solicitation Letter”. Some homeowners in Manatee…
ROCs and Fair Housing “Testers”
By Scott Gordon
As many of my readers know, among the topics frequently discussed on this blog are the many issues facing resident owned communities when dealing with the Fair Housing Act. I’ve recently been speaking to community association managers and ROC…
ROCs and the Trayvon MartinTragedy
By Scott Gordon
I wanted to post two recent articles related to the death of Trayvon Martin.
The first discusses the potential liability facing the Retreat at Twin Lakes Homeowners’ Association as Trayvon was apparently shot and killed by a member of that …
Great Educational Opportunity for Southwest Florida ROCs on March 27
By Scott Gordon
I want to remind all of my blog readers that the PM-EXPO Trade Show is scheduled for Tuesday, March 27, at the Charlotte County Convention Center.
This will be a day packed with fun and information with presentations on a…