Category: On The Board

While the pandemic may have turbocharged the use of Zoom, Microsoft Teams, and other virtual platforms for multifamily residential boards, the shift toward digital meeting tools has outlasted the crisis itself. For condominium and community…

Investing in real estate is one of the best ways to increase net worth. That's why it’s so important for board members to keep in mind the best ways to increase the resale value of the homes within their community. All too often, board memb…

Community living comes with lots of rules and regulations—many of which are codified in largely static, hard-to-amend governing documents like proprietary leases and condominium declarations. Others are laid out in the more flexible context…

One of the perpetual challenges of multifamily, shared interest living is the relatively small number of community members who are willing to volunteer their time to govern and run the community. It’s not uncommon for any building or associ…

Since long before the covid pandemic upended the practical and administrative lives of every condo, HOA and co-op board in the country, apathy has been rampant among the residents of the communities those boards govern. It’s always been dif…

Managing or administering a multifamily community like a condo, HOA, or co-op building is a lesson in balancing diverse, sometimes conflicting interests and priorities for the collective good. In buildings and associations where residents l…

What’s a board to do when a shareholder or unit owner consistently fails to hold up their end of the agreements—both spoken and unspoken—that underpin successful multifamily living, either through nonpayment of fees, or objectionable behavi…

A condominium, cooperative, or homeowners’ association elects its board for a specific purpose: to manage the community’s day-to-day business, oversee special projects, and draft and uphold the rules and regulations that keep life orderly a…

This publication spends a lot of time exploring and explaining the duties and purpose of multifamily boards–the benefits and drawbacks of serving on them, and even the difficulty that many buildings and communities have with motivating owne…

In a recent essay published in the National Housing Conference (NHC)’s newsletter, NHC President and CEO David M. Dworkin breaks down ‘What we know about Fannie and Freddie as we begin the 10th week of revolutionary change’ for readers.   …