HOAleader.com - Tip of the Week - March 29, 2019
Published: Fri, 03/29/19
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How Your Condo/HOA Can Help the Country Become a No-Kill Animal Zone
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In this week's tip, we explain how you could help keep animals from being dropped at shelters, where most don't make it out alive.
The topic arises because we found Best Friends Animal Society—which has a goal to make the nation a no-kill zone by 2025—recently hosting a booth at a conference for community association lawyers. a What? Animal rescue and community association lawyers don't typically come together. It did there because Best Friends was providing resources for the boards those lawyers serve on how to develop pet policies that work for both owners and the community association.
"It takes a community to reach our no-kill goal by 2025," says Akisha Townsend Eaton, a Bowling Green, Ky.-based legislative attorney with the organization, which is based in Kanab, Utah. "A lot of times, the number-one reason people give up their dogs and cats to shelters is that they can't bring them into their home. Their housing isn't pet friendly.
"That often involves renters, but other times it's HOAs and other communities, too, that have restrictions," she adds. "We reach out to provide resources on creating pet-friendly policies and to highlight the value to community associations that being pet friendly can bring. Those benefits include making those communities more profitable and more attractive."
How does permitting pets make communities more profitable? "We know that 62 percent of American households have pets, and 95 percent of those consider their pets to be part of the family," asserts Townsend Eaton. "Once pet-friendly housing is secured, those families tend to stay longer in the community so they don't have to go through the process of finding another pet-friendly home.
"Also, we're hearing more and more real estate agents saying they're making this a sales category to make this more attractive to buyers," she adds. "Some agents even specialize in finding pet-friendly housing."
If you're thinking that's all nice, but pets are perpetrators of damage and other problems, Townsend Eaton has evidence to the contrary. "In terms of renters, research show that more than 90 percent of them don't lose their pet deposit," she asserts.
Townsend Eaton says her organization is seeing a number of trends across the country. Read about them—and get Best Friends' best practices for pet policies—in our new article: https://www.hoaleader.com/members/3885.cfm
Best regards,
Matt Humphrey
President
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Recent articles posted at HOAleader.com:
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Best Friends Society Is Promoting Pet-Policy Tips for Condos and HOAs
What in heaven's name was the Best Friends Animal Society--which has a goal to make the nation a no-kill zone by 2025--recently doing hosting a booth at a conference for community association lawyers?
Click here to read full article:
https://www.hoaleader.com/members/Best-Friends-Society-Promoting-PetPolicy-Tips-for-Condos-HOAs.cfm
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Prevent Embezzlement & Theft at Your HOA or Condo:
Steps to Take Today to Protect Your Money
Did you miss yesterday's webinar on safeguarding your HOA or condo association against embezzlement and theft? It's a problem that unfortunately is real, and when it happens it can be devestating to an association. But the good news is that by putting the right checks and balances in place, smart boards can stop it before it has a chance to happen. Sign up and have your entire board watch this webinar recording. In just one hour, you'll receive practical and useful information that will help you protect your association's financial foundation. Be confident you have the right checks in place to deter and/or quickly catch any bad actors!
Click here to read full article:
https://www.hoaleader.com/products/fight-fraud-theft-hoa-b.cfm
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Be Sure Your Condo/HOA Debt Collection Doesn't Cost Rather Than Earn You Money
In this week's tip, we ask if you've given your debt-collection practices a once over recently. You should, because you're at risk--it's small, we admit, but it does exist--of being sued as part of a class action for violations of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act.
Click here to read full article:
https://www.hoaleader.com/public/Be-Sure-Your-CondoHOA-Debt-Collection-Doesnt-Cost-Rather-Than-Earn-You-Money.cfm
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Condo/HOA Debt Collection Class Action Lawsuit Are Rare, But You Should Still Have Good Procedures
Are you at risk of being sued as part of a class action for violations of the FDCPA? It's unlikely, but it's possible your lawyer could be hit with such a claim while doing collections on your behalf if their collections practices violate the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act. Here, we explain the risk and the practices that could put your association at risk for a lawsuit over your collection practices.
Click here to read full article:
https://www.hoaleader.com/members/CondoHOA-Debt-Collection-Class-Action-Lawsuit-Are-Rare-But-You-Should-Still-Have-Good-Procedures.cfm
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