What if access is required through a residential unit to perform common element maintenance or repairs to the building in general?

Harassment towards property managers, directors, contractors, and residents remains a significant problem within condominium corporations.

Conflicts and disputes within Ontario’s condo communities are fueling a conversation around safety reform and adding pressure to make residential buildings better places to live and work.

Condo corporations can thank the pandemic for the modernization of how meetings, voting and service of documents occur for communities in Ontario.

As condos supply the surging demand for rental housing many corporations may be experiencing a rise in tenant-occupied units.

The industry has issued a call for volunteers to help condo communities more effectively manage safety and security concerns.

There are many problems with having property managers act as a condo’s legal representative in a CAT application.

Unfortunately, over the last couple of years, we have seen an increasing trend of unacceptable behaviour within condo communities, directed at property managers, directors, other owners/residents and even contractors.

Condos are ideally designed to operate with relative simplicity and in a well-managed complex there is a measure of security and community.

Mental illness is more prevalent than it may appear. Studies suggest that almost one in five Ontarians have been affected by a psychiatric disorder.

A condo in Toronto recently made the news after levying a $14-million special assessment. Owners were given 15 days to pay for repairs. How can other corporations avoid this predicament?

The growing crop of condo owners across Canada will likely encounter huge annual fee increases and lump-sum payments due to low reserve fund contributions, authors of a new research report are warning.

How would this scenario unfold in Ontario? Leaving aside the construction process itself, there are vast differences between Ontario and Florida condominium laws that would have given the Champlain towers significant added protections following registration.

Condominium lawyer and consumer advocate Audrey Loeb has been appointed to the Order of Ontario.

Those who have not passed a standard unit bylaw are placing a heavy burden on the corporation’s insurance to repair an insurable loss.

As the condo community deals with legal uncertainties during the pandemic, one important topic to address is owner and visitor disclosure.

It was recently reported in the media that a Mississauga condominium corporation enacted a rule that requires all residents who wish to smoke cannabis in