Category: Federal & Regulatory
New ADA Pool Regulations Generally Don’t Apply to Associations
Recently, the US Department of Justice revised its Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”) regulations regarding pools. These new regulations require that public pools have sufficient ...
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FHA Fidelity Insurance Requirement
Property managers and board members have routinely been receiving “mortgagee questionnaires” from the lenders of potential purchasers, asking the association a variety of questions ranging ...
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Delayed EPA Lead Paint Regulations Effective October 1
To protect owners and occupiers of structures that could contain lead based paint, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released new regulations governing the construction and ...
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Pre-1978 Constructed Buildings must NOW abide by New EPA Lead Paint Regulations
The EPA has issued new regulations for dealing with lead-based paint. The new law became effective April 22, 2010. The regulations apply to anyone who ...
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Red Flag Rules Delayed
During our current seminar series, entitled “Success Basics for Community Association Board Members,” our attorneys have been asked about the new “Red Flag” Rules. The ...
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$250,000 FDIC Insurance Limit Extended
As discussed in our recent seminar entitled “The Financial Crisis – What Every Board Member Needs to Know,” the FDIC Insurance limit on bank accounts ...
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Don’t Rain on Owners’ Patriotic Parade
Most Community Association governing documents prohibit exterior modifications, including the placement of banners, flags, and signs. However, as pointed out in Chapter 1 of Kaman ...
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Wall Street Journal Reports on Possible Changes to Condo Loans
In today’s Wall Street Journal, there is a report that two Congressmen are calling on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac “to relax recently tightened standards ...
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