Category: Q&A

Q&A Q&A: Venting
2026 Summer Q&A: Venting

Q. My association has a long-standing resolution that requires all owners to have their dryer vents cleaned every other year, and to submit a receipt from the cleaning vendor to the management company. The resolution correctly identifies …

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Q&A Q&A: Is Board Member Campaigning Allowed?
2026 Summer Q&A: Is Board Member Campaigning Allowed?

Q. Is it legal for a current board member to advertise his re-election, or to go around knocking on each door and telling owners who to vote for?                                 —What’s Appropriate A. “Yes and yes,” says Jonathan H. K…

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2026 Expo Q&A: Association Split

Q. What would it entail to separate two buildings that make up one condo association into two separate condo associations? There are strong differences within our board on how to run the association, and there is a less than zero chance o…

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Q&A Q&A: Board Member Campaigns
2026 Spring Q&A: Board Member Campaigns

Q. Can a current board member campaign for his re-election, or go around knocking on each door and telling owners who to vote for? Is this legal?                                —What’s Appropriate?  A. “Yes and yes,” says Jonathan H. …

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Q&A Q&A: Unaccompanied Guests
2026 Spring Q&A: Unaccompanied Guests

Q. We live in a co-op, and one of our neighbors seems to have a constant flow of different strangers entering and leaving their apartment while they are absent. I cannot imagine that the board knows this is going on, and our house rules d…

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2026 Winter Q&A: Fixing Dirty Water

Q. Residents of our 250-unit HOA in New Jersey have been complaining about dirty water for well over a year. First, the board and management told us it was an individual unit problem—then they replaced boilers, to no avail. We still had d…

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2025 Fall Q&A: Verbal Harassment

Q.  What can be done when the president of the condo association verbally harasses the building’s superintendent?                                  —Super Supporter A. “Board members of common interest communities can easily put the ass…

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2025 Fall Q&A: Legal Restrictions

Q. We have a member of the board of trustees of our co-op village who is a licensed realtor. Is he legally restricted from listing or selling units that are owned by the village, due to a conflict of interest? Also, is a board legally res…

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2025 Summer Q&A: Dividing the Association

Q. What would it entail to separate two buildings that make up one condo association into two separate condo associations? There are strong differences within our board on how to run the association, and there is a less than zero chance o…

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2025 Summer Q&A: Changing Votes

Q. I am a director on the board of our condo association. We had a budget meeting last night, and the new budget with increased monthly dues was passed by 4 ‘yes’ votes and 3 ‘no’ votes. The meeting was adjourned and meeting minutes were …

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