‘Humanitarian crisis’ persists as Lexington judge recuses from property dispute - AOL.com AOL.com — May 3, 2026 ‘Humanitarian crisis’ persists as Lexington judge recuses from property dispute AOL.com Ex-HOA president admits fleecing Miami residents in $11 million fraud scheme - The Independent The Independent — May 1, 2026 Ex-HOA president admits fleecing Miami residents in $11 million fraud scheme The Independent Courts are cracking down on sectional titles’ dirty secrets - Daily Investor Daily Investor — May 1, 2026 Courts are cracking down on sectional titles’ dirty secrets Daily Investor Residents in Lago Mar question fees as lagoon sits dry for months - Click2Houston Click2Houston — April 30, 2026 Residents in Lago Mar question fees as lagoon sits dry for months Click2Houston NBC 6. . The Miami-Dade State Attorney's Office holds a news conference on an update in the Hammocks HOA theft case involving several arrests. - facebook.com facebook.com — April 30, 2026 NBC 6. . The Mia...

HOMEOWNER ASSOCIATIONS or HOAs (aka common interest developments) are the fastest growing real estate developments in the USA, but the local press is not likely to cover many stories about any HOA because these entities are seen as privately controlled enterprises. |||  https://bit.ly/3gdnPSu  |||  https://bit.ly/3i1lBYr  |||  https://flip.it/ovvLsp  |||

‘Solar eclipse’ for California HOAs ★ AB-634 What does the average California solar installation cost? SLIDESHOW ▶ https://goo.gl/njrdem ▶ In CA, the total average cost of an installed residential solar (PV) system is about $16,950 for a four-kilowatt system, the average size of a residential installation. But since we are among 182 owners in the unique Cobblestone Canyon (condos) of Trilogy Glen Ivy, it stands to reason the average-capacity system would not meet our needs here. But even if it did and we could reasonably move through the HOA approval hurdles (see attached report), the amortization of such a system seems well beyond reach. Let’s assume a solar system could drop our monthly bills to zero. For 2017, our monthly SCE bills averaged $58.30, or 644.21 for the year. My simple math calculation means it would take 26 years to amortize a $16,950 solar system.   Simply observing that this idea is not in the cards at this time even th...

*SCS ▶ Worthy ♥ Wednesday on ALTACITIES + GOOGLE ▶  Amazon eXNG  ▶ ★ ALTACITIES ★ ▶  TODAY ★ WORTH  ▶  Blogger ▶ SLIDESHOW  ▶ Flip②▶  Worthy ♥ Wednesday  ▶ in association with  ALTACITIES , aka @ ALTALOMAN  ▶ Blogs, sites, and media commentary by a cancer survivor since 2006 ▶ archives released Monday-Friday via  NUZZEL  and  SocialCurrentSee ® on  FLIPBOARD ▶  SLIDESHOW  ▶ ARCHIVE WORTHY   ▶  B R E A K I N G  N E W S ▶  In a case of first impression, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) in the case of Trustees of the Cambridge Point Condominium Trust vs. Cambridge Point, LLC, has ruled that condominium developers cannot unreasonably restrict the ability of owners to file suits against them.  In its Decision, dated January 19, 2018, the Court rejected as violative of public policy, the anti-litigation provisions that developers have been routinely inser...

ALTACITIES ®, an acronym for “ALTERNATE CITIES,” is the web moniker for the neighborhood of sites, blogs and locations created and managed by @ ALTALOMAN , in reference to our first web journals and blogging activity when residents of Alta Loma in Southern California. In 2011, we moved but these  ALTACITIES ® remain in the form of common interest developments ▶ http://flip.it/VQOxZn  on Flipboard The SocialCurrentSee found on this site deals largely with common interest developments, aka homeowner associations or HOAs, now the dominant housing development type in California and much of the rest of the nation.  For the numbers, see this DATA . ▶ Many of the sources archived and flipped here are found in my TWITTER feed and searches like the archive found below. ▶ Whether one owns a townhouse, raw land in a subdivision, a gated-community home, a shack in zoned jungle, or part stake in a condominium complex the majority of people who live there are often n...

Chances are the hashtag # FEMA is not an internet search you would normally conduct or follow, unless you have a disaster recovery matter to cover. And, in a related matter,  January 17, 1994  seems like a distant searchable date, but the day is memorable around the world and in particular for California as the occurrence of the devastating Northridge Earthquake .  For homeowners around the TRILOGY of neighborhoods in the Temescal Valley, the Northridge Quake may be a distant memory, but it is a harbinger of events that may follow.  Many authorities, including seismologists, are predicting that California is overdue for another Northridge-type quake.  Question is: When and where will this happen across our 163,696 square miles (423,970 km)? These questions are given some immediacy because, last week, on our Federal Capitol Hill, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (NY-10) introduced the Disaster Assistance Support for Communities and Homeowners Act of 201...