Residents of managed communities are happy with their condominium and homeowner associations (HOA) according to the results of the Community Associations Institute’s (CAI) annual homeowner satisfaction survey. Notably, 85 percent of those polled for the 2018 national survey were satisfied ...

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A bill regulating homeowners associations took effect May 17 with Gov. Henry McMaster’s approval, making it the state’s first attempt to formally govern housing organizations. While the bill does much to clarify the rights of HOA’s and homeowners, some attorneys ...

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Homeowners associations can be a controversial topic … it seems their members either love ’em or hate ’em, depending on who you ask. But are these mini-governments really 100 percent good or bad? Let’s take an in-depth look at what ...

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Q:       I am hoping you might have a viable solution for a seemingly intractable property problem. (I know – just what you need: more intractable problems. This one might appeal, however, if only for its egregious despoliation of helpless property ...

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Q:     I purchased a townhouse in a small community of 33 homes within a larger neighborhood in December 2016. In August, I received a letter from the HOA stating I was in violation of the covenants and by-laws because I ...

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Community Associations Institute offers this annual workshop to help board members more fully understand the NC laws that apply to HOAs and condominium associations. Volunteer leaders are entrusted with responsibility for the legal and financial well-being of common-interest communities. This ...

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Q:     I enjoyed your Q&A discussing a suspicious person wandering the streets of an HOA, as it related to some questions I had. I was surprised you did not discuss the situation where the streets are public. Presumably the HOA ...

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A company that manages homeowners’ associations engaged in the unauthorized practice of law when it represented associations in magistrate’s court, filed judgments in circuit court and prepared and recorded liens, the South Carolina Supreme Court has ruled. Rogers Townsend & ...

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Paul K. Mengert, founder and CEO of Association Management Group, one of the Carolinas’ largest professional homeowner association managers, has been elected chair of the Community Associations Institute’s (CAI) NC Legislative Action Committee. Mengert was voted in by his NC ...

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The residents of a South Carolina subdivision have pulled the plug on a telecommunications agreement arranged by homebuilder D.R. Horton, but are continuing with a lawsuit alleging unfair trade practices and fiduciary violations. The residents voted to end the agreement ...

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