Governor Wolf, Legislature End Recording Fee Abuse in Pennsylvania

The Top 5 Directors & Officers Liability Issues and How to Avoid Claims: In this episode of Community Matters podcast, Angela Costigan, Esq., with the Law Firm of Costigan & Costigan will address the most frequently litigated Directors and Officers Liability issues, and how to avoid claims on these issues, including: The car... by Community Matters

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Records Retention: What to keep and for how long?: One of the questions we often get from condominium and homeowner association volunteer leaders and property managers has to do with records retention. That will be the focus for this episode of CAI’s podcast – we’ll be talking about documents such as fin... by Community Matters

19 min listen

Project Management: Finding the Right Professional for Your Community Association: If your condo or community association is starting a capital improvement project, you want the job done right. Hiring the right professionals can mean the difference between happy residents and a satisfied board of directors and a disaster. In this podca... by Community Matters

8 min listen

Community Association Insurance & Water Damage Claims: Welcome to this edition of Community Matters podcast. Many condo and homeowner associations have water damage – leaks, floods, etc. In this episode, we discuss water damage claims, including what is covered by your insurance policy, whose insurance cover... by Community Matters

23 min listen

Fair Housing Issues in Condos & HOAs: A Legal Q&A: Welcome to this edition of Community Matters podcast. The topic for this episode is Fair Housing in community associations. This topic comes up very often in questions from community associations, homeowners and managers. Our guest today is Edward Hoffma... by Community Matters

28 min listen

Why Your Community Association Needs a Reserve Study: In this episode of CAI's Community Associations Podcast, we talk with John Hershey, founder of J. Hershey Architecture Inc., about the purpose of a reserve study and why community associations of all sizes and types should have a regularly updated reserv... by Community Matters

17 min listen

Condos & HOAs: Fiduciary Duty Explained: In this episode of CAI's Podcast, we will be talking about the important topic of fiduciary duty and what it means in the context of your condominium, cooperative or homeowner association. This is an important legal and financial term for elected board m... by Community Matters

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Bug Off: Pest Control for Condos & HOAs: In this episode of Community Matters Podcast for condos and homeowners associations, we’ll be talking about pest control, dealing with summer pests and how you can keep your condominium, home and common areas free of pests. Today's guest is John DiDomeni... by Community Matters

22 min listen

Social Media: Rules for Employers: The continuing growth of social media has created an array of pitfalls and challenges for employers, including community associations. Hiring decisions have been complicated because of publicly available information on social media, employees are using s... by Community Matters

20 min listen

Rules Enforcement in the Community Association: Every community association has rules and in this episode of Community Matters podcast, we will be talking about why rules must be enforced in a consistent manner. Our guest in this episode is Edward Hoffman, Esq., a Partner and co-founder of the law fir... by Community Matters

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Heat, Humidity & Mold: Summer Weather's Impact on Homes and Communities: Summer weather conditions - storms, heat and humidity - can have a serious impact on homes, buildings and community associations. In this episode of Community Matters Podcast, we’ll be discussing how stormy weather in the warm summer months, flooding, an... by Community Matters

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The Basics of Community Association Insurance: In this episode of Community Associations Institute’s podcast we'll be discussing the basics of community associations insurance, a basic but critical topic for those who govern, manage and live in condominium, cooperative and homeowner associations. Top... by Community Matters

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Sometimes Rentals Work FOR Community Associations: One of the topics that confound community associations and their boards is what to do about renters. Many times, the question is what can be done to limit them, prohibit them or somehow control them. However, in the right circumstances, possession and re... by Community Matters

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Governor Wolf, Legislature End Recording Fee Abuse in Pennsylvania: Community Associations Institute’s Pennsylvania Legislative Action Committee (CAI PA LAC) applauds Governor Tom Wolf for affixing his signature to Senate Bill 1282, legislation that will reign in skyrocketing fees charged by Recorder of Deeds in many cou... by Community Matters

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Legislative Report with State Rep. Rosemary Brown: On May 7, 2018, Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf signed House Bill 595 into law. Now known as Act 17 of 2018, the legislation assigns the investigation and mediation of certain complaints regarding Pennsylvania planned communities, cooperatives, and condom... by Community Matters

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EPA Lead Paint Renovation & Repair Regulations: In 1978, lead paint was banned in the United States. But just because there was no lead paint used in new construction after 1978 doesn't mean there's no more danger from lead paint. In 2011, Congress enacted a new law, enforced by the EPA, called the Re... by Community Matters

19 min listen

Homeowner & Resident Privacy: It's More Complicated Than You Thought: The topic of privacy has been in the news recently for many different reasons, mostly related to social media, data breaches and other online privacy issues. But privacy takes on many different forms and many questions arise related to homeowner and resi... by Community Matters

19 min listen

Efficient & Effective Association Meetings: Community association board and committee meetings can be dreadful for all those involved. Meetings typically run long, homeowners tend to vent on issues not on the agenda, and sometimes little is accomplished. But this does not need to be the case. By e... by Community Matters

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What's New in CAI's National Reserve Study Standards?: Welcome to this edition of Community Matters podcast, where we discuss issues important to managing and governing condos, cooperatives and homeowner associations. In this episode of Community Matters we’ll be discussing Reserve Studies – specifically, up... by Community Matters

20 min listen

Five Terms that are Key to Successful ADR: Community Associations Institute is pleased to offer the second in a three part Community Matters podcast series on Alternative Dispute Resolution. In the first episode, we answered the questions "What is ADR?" This episode covers the five terms that ar... by Community Matters

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The Minute Email Newsletter for November, 2019: Tune in the audio version of CAI's The Minute Email Newsletter for November, 2019. Spend sixty seconds to learn how to join a chapter committee, nominate a member for CAI's Excellence Awards, and more! Visit our website for more information on CAI. by Community Matters

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Alternative Dispute Resolution: How It Works: Community Associations Institute is pleased to offer the third in a three part Community Matters podcast series on Alternative Dispute Resolution. In the first episode, we answered the questions "What is ADR?" The second episode covered the five terms t... by Community Matters

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Hoarding and Associations: When the Accumulation of “Stuff” Requires Intervention: This episode of Community Matters is this first in a new series of episodes re-purposing content from CAI's bi-monthly magazine, Community Assets. The topic for this episode is dealing with hoarding in community associations. This article was originally ... by Community Matters

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Using Drones for Community Association Inspections & Maintenance: Drones are suddenly everywhere these days. In this episode, we'll be discussing drones and how they can be effectively used in community association inspections, maintenance and engineering work. Our guest today is Miles Abrams with The Falcon Group. Mil... by Community Matters

11 min listen

Painless Payments are Possible!: Welcome to this edition of Community Matters podcast, where we discuss issues important to managing and governing condos, cooperatives and homeowner associations. In this episode of Community Matters we’ll be discussing payment processing. Every communit... by Community Matters

19 min listen

Emerald Ash Borer - The Threat Persists: Today’s topic is invasive pests…specifically the Emerald Ash Borer, which has been killing our Ash Trees, at an alarming rate, for the last several years. The threat persists despite new treatments. We’ll cover this topic in today’s episode of Community ... by Community Matters

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Medical Marijuana's Impact on Community Associations: In this episode of Community Matters, we're talking pot – that is, the legal kind. Medical Marijuana is becoming legal in more and more states and in some, so is recreational marijuana. Community associations have long dealt with the issue of cigarette a... by Community Matters

19 min listen

Workplace Laws & Community Associations: Welcome to this edition of Community Matters podcast, where we discuss issues important to managing and governing condos, cooperatives and homeowner associations. CAI members – including management companies and community associations that are employers ... by Community Matters

20 min listen

Governing Documents in Community Associations: In this episode of Community Matters podcast, we discuss the documents that every community association in Pennsylvania is governed by, including the Declaration of Covenants, the bylaws of the association and rules and regulations. We discuss the hierar... by Community Matters

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Roof & Siding Maintenance & Replacement in Multifamily Housing: Welcome to this edition of Community Matters podcast where we explore issues and provide information important to the management and governance of condos, cooperatives and homeowner associations. In this episode, We’ll be exploring some maintenance issu... by Community Matters

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