Q. A unit owner is using really foul language at some other owners continually. He goes as far as telling them they should die and fall down the stairs. The association has been notified many times and says they can’t do anything. The rul…
Q. If a condo association in Chicago wanted to buy a unit, what percentage of ownership is required to have this purchase be approved? I hear it is 75 percent, but another association said it was 67 percent. Also, if it changed from 67 p…
Q. I am a unit owner in a condominium association containing 189 units. We manage ourselves and wouldn’t ever want to have a management company manage our property. However, the question has often been asked as to what happens when a man…
Q. It is common knowledge that board members have a fiduciary duty to the association, and can be held liable for failing to perform their duties as required by statute. But, do the board of managers or board of directors have any fiducia…
Q. “I inherited a condo – my father in died September 2016. I have been paying the mortgage and assessment fees since his death. I can no longer continue to pay for the condo. I talked to the president of the association and stated to her…
Q. “I am a resident who is wheelchair-bound, living in a condo building built before 1991. I had a temporary plywood ramp made specifically for access to enter and exit the common entrance. The HOA has since informed me the ramp is unacce…
Q. “In my condo building, we recently installed more than 60 security cameras. Needless to say, I'm not a security expert but it seems like only a handful are recording at any one time. The camera outside the front of the building facing …
Q. Can a member of the association sue his board of directors if the board does not force a landlord to keep up the maintenance of his units? —Irritated in Itasca A“The short answer to this question is ‘…
Q. I live in a 96-unit condominium building and have served on the board of our association for 16 years. There are nine of us on the board, seven of whom including myself are at the age where some owners younger than we are should be thi…
Q. At a regular monthly meeting of a seven-member HOA board where members present constitute a quorum, can one of the absent members give her proxy to one of the four attending members to vote on specific issues on the board’s agenda? …