Legal
Disinfecting a condo gym 101
To open or not to open. Most condo boards and managers are wondering how to safely reopen public spaces in their buildings, including shared gyms.
Dealing with abusive behaviour in condos
Here are some steps that condo corporations should consider to protect managers and directors from unreasonable treatment.
Are condos prepared for climate change?
While many condos haven’t yet experienced the major effects of climate change, statistics and case studies foreshadow the impacts that could come.
When a condo board becomes interim manager
When most people run for the condo board of directors, the last thing they imagine is a situation where they’re actually running the condominium.
Keeping garbage areas in condos healthy and safe
Cleaning garbage rooms and waste chutes is a maintenance concern for all condo corporations, but the current pandemic has made this to-do item even more relevant.
Ten practical tips for virtual meetings and e-voting
CCI recently held its first national webinar addressing pandemic-related industry concerns. Once topic of discussion was virtual meetings and e-voting.
Condo budgeting concerns afoot
Financial uncertainty prevails for condo corporations that are anxious about continuing operations and budgeting in the wake of COVID-19.
Navigating the unknown in communal living
Condo managers are the corporation’s agents for proactive thinking, but now find themselves asking entirely new questions when it comes to communal living.
Documenting evidence in condos amid COVID-19
Condominium property managers should be documenting evidence in the coming months due to losses and claims amid the pandemic.
Owner and visitor disclosure as crisis unfolds
As the condo community deals with legal uncertainties during the pandemic, one important topic to address is owner and visitor disclosure.
Vancouver to rev up short-term rental reg goals
Vancouver plans to expand its partnership with strata corporations to crackdown on operators who don’t comply with short-term rental regulations.
Managing short-term condo rentals
The explosive growth of online short-term rental websites has caused considerable controversy and concerns for condominium corporations
Preventing mismanaged finances on condo boards
Whether by corruption or incompetence, condo boards that mismanage their multi-million dollar budgets and reserve funds are a recurring problem.
Special assessments in condos: a legal perspective
There are instances where unit owners may have recourse to insurance to cover their share of the special assessment. Ahead are a few examples.
Condo pet bans: A legal perspective
Emotions are running high at two CityPlace buildings after the condominium corporation started enforcing a rule that prohibits any pets that were not registered with the corporation by a specified date.
Real estate flies red flags of money laundering
Some of the signals of potential malfeasance in real estate transactions are not obvious or only appear ominous when they are part of a pattern of questionable conduct.
The duty to accommodate disabled residents
Lessons from a Human Rights Tribunal decision focusing on a residential property's obligations to disabled residents.