The recent flash flooding resulting from Hurricane Ida and other torrential summer storms around the nation has come as something of a wake-up call for homeowners and local governments alike. The real-world effects of climate change are upo…
Q. Our association is self-managed with 12 units. An owner installed a dishwasher without any written request to or approval from the board. The board told her that we believed this was a violation, since all 12 units share one water tank…
Q. I am a resident owner in a 54-unit condominium association building on the far northwest side of Chicago. I write on behalf of a unit owner friend in the same building, who has been the resident owner since 2005. Her unit is on the sec…
Q. If there is an election of a condo board and three people run for two open seats, when the election is over and the seats are filled, if now one of those board members resigns, does the third person who received some votes then fill th…
The reality of climate change is upon us. Weather patterns have changed, and seasons have been altered. We experience more intense heat, more frequent, destructive storms, wide-ranging wildfires, and more destructive cold. Tornadoes—the spa…
On Thursday, October 7, 2021, thousands of board members, managers, building owners, and condo, HOA and co-op residents will gather at Navy Pier from 10:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. for the return of the in-person CooperatorEvents Fall Expo in Chic…
In the wake of a tragedy of the size and scope of this summer's building collapse in Surfside, Florida, many board members in condos, co-ops, and HOAs have concerns about what liability they may assume in their administrative role. This con…
There is no overstating the dire situation that the planet finds itself in after two centuries of industrialization and the broad unwillingness of its biggest perpetrators to mitigate its devastating effects on climate, not to mention on hu…
Across the country, one of the biggest challenges to governing co-ops, condominiums, and homeowners associations is finding new members who are willing to volunteer their time and energy to serve on their community’s board of directors. In …
When a property or individual finds itself or himself in a situation that threatens the continued economic viability of the asset or estate our laws provide a supervised level of assistance from qualified third parties. In the case of real…