HOAleader.com - Tip of the Week - December 21, 2018
Published: Fri, 12/21/18
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Racial Tensions and Your Condo/HOA: What You Can Do
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Perhaps you've heard the nicknames? Barbecue Becky is the derisive name for a woman who called police on African Americans barbecuing at a park. Permit Patty is the scornful moniker attached to a woman who called police on an 8-year-old African American girl selling water without a permit.
There are more instances in which African Americans going about their daily business have had the police called on them by white people.
And it's happening at HOAs and condos too. First, there was the Summerville, S.C., incident in which a white resident was captured on video allegedly assaulting an African-American teen who was at his own community pool. Then in July, an African-American resident at Glenridge Homeowners Association in Winston-Salem, N.C., was asked for ID by a white man.
Most recently, a white woman was videotaped asking a black resident in a condo building whether he lived there as he entered his own building. In this week's tip, we discuss how boards can make sure their association doesn't land in the headlines, too.
The practice of ensuring the security of your property isn't bad, though it can go awry.
"These types of situations aren't necessarily on the radar of many of the communities I represent," reports Christopher J. Shields, a partner at Pavese Law Firm in Ft. Myers, Fla., who's represented associations for decades. "We're living in times where people are somewhat living on the edge. They're sometimes super-sensitive when approached. And sometimes there are good reasons why they're approached.
"If you have beachfront or lakefront property or property next to a park and you see someone you've never seen before at the swimming pool or using the recreational facilities, you wonder, 'Did they just come off the park or the beach' or wherever?" explains Shields. "We also live in a time where people advise, 'If you see something, say something.' The question is how best you approach that."
That's the question some boards are asking Katie Anderson, PCAM, AMS, CMCA, the founding owner of Aperion Management in Bend, Ore., which manages about 50 condo, HOA, and townhome associations.
"It's interesting," she says. "Oregon isn't the most diverse environment, so I don't know that we've experienced any of the incidents like those described. But we are seeing the reaction to what's going on at the national level. Boards are concerned about trying to create an inclusive community."
Get details on how they're doing that in our new article:
https://www.hoaleader.com/members/3838.cfm
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Matt Humphrey
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Racial Tensions and Your Condo/HOA: What You Can Do
Perhaps you've heard the nicknames? Barbecue Becky is the derisive name for a woman who called police on African Americans barbecuing at a park. Permit Patty is the scornful moniker attached to a woman who called police on an 8-year-old African American girl selling water without a permit.
Click here to read full article:
https://www.hoaleader.com/public/Racial-Tensions-Your-CondoHOA-What-You-Can-Do.cfm
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Are Racial Incidents Happening at Condos/HOAs More Often or Just Getting More Press?
First, there was the Summerville, S.C., incident in which a white resident was captured on video allegedly assaulting an African-American teen who was at his own community pool. Then in July, an African-American resident at Glenridge Homeowners Association in Winston-Salem, N.C., was asked for ID by a white man.
Click here to read full article:
https://www.hoaleader.com/members/Are-Racial-Incidents-Happening-at-CondosHOAs-More-Often-or-Just-Getting-More-Press.cfm
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How to Read Your Association's Financial Reports (and Fulfill Your Fiduciary Duty)
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Seen These New Ploys Condo/HOA Owners Are Deploying to Beat Your Rental Restrictions?
In this week's tip, we report for what seems like the millionth time new tactics owners are using to try to skirt condos' and HOAs' rental restrictions.
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https://www.hoaleader.com/public/Seen-These-New-Ploys-CondoHOA-Owners-Are-Deploying-Beat-Your-Rental-Restrictions.cfm
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Condo/HOA Owners Are Crafty! Another Way to Try to Get Around Rental Restrictions
We're hearing from one of our experts that he's seeing yet another way for owners to attempt to dodge condos' and HOAs' rental restrictions. In this situation, owners are claiming to have sold their unit under a contract for deed, but what they're really doing is renting their unit and trying to fool the condo or HOA with a contract that says otherwise.
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