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Homeowners, Lawmakers Against the “Home Tax”
Rep. Chip LaMarca, homeowners, and community association advocates held a press conference today reacting to HB 979 — commonly known as "the Home Tax," which had bipartisan opposition in the Florida...
8 ON YOUR SIDE | Could a new bill increase costs for Floridians living in HOAs?
8 On Your SideBy Mahsa Saeidi TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — 8 On Your Side has been reporting on the high cost of property insurance in Florida. On average, Floridians pay three times more than people living...
Winners and losers emerging from the 2021 Legislative Session
FLORIDA POLITICS – They all can’t be winners. Here is the definitive list of who’s up and who took a fall.
Bill updating homeowner association rules clears House
FLORIDA POLITICS – The legislation provides solutions for future health crises.
Baxley: Florida legislature should pass our Pandemic Safe HOA bill
OCALA STARBANNER – Florida homeowners love the benefits of community associations.
Dennis Baxley: Pass our pandemic ‘Safe HOA’ bill
FLORIDA POLITICS – Associations are keeping us safe, informed, employed, connected and competitive.
CEOMC’s 6th Annual Corporate Partnership Event Video Recap
CEOMC would like to thank all of our corporate sponsors who participated in this year’s dinner. https://youtu.be/grr3iSMom1s
CEOMC Protected Associations From Short Term Rentals
Proposed regulatory uniformity for short-term rental platforms is ready for the House floor after Thursday’s Commerce Committee.
CEOMC Opposed 2019 Short Term Rental Bill
Some 10 million homeowners live in neighborhoods with community associations and are protected by time-honored, deed restrictions adopted by a majority…
April 15, 2019 Update with Rep. Chip LaMarca
2019 Legislative Update with CEOMC Executive Director Mark Anderson and Rep. Chip LaMarca.
CEOMC Defeated Short Term Rental Bill
Proposals to pre-empt local regulations with state oversight of Florida’s $31 billion short-term vacation rental industry are unlikely to advance this session with measures in…
Undercover Boss
John Carona, founder and CEO of Associa, the leader in community association management for more than 37 years that oversees the day-to-day operations of over 9,000 HOAs and condominiums and...
Don’t estoppel believing: Now it’s a law
After years of unsuccessfully fighting its way through the Legislature, the estoppel bill is now law. Gov. Rick Scott Tuesday signed the measure (SB 398), which overhauls the...
Politico: Estoppel Bill Heads to Governor
The years long legislative fight over estoppel certificates, documents used in residential property sales to certify no outstanding debts to condo or homeowner associations, could soon be put to...
Florida Politics: Estoppel Bill Heads to Governor
We’ve been writing about it for years, all the while wondering ‘why,’ but 2017 was the winning session for an overhaul of the estoppel letter process. The House on Friday passed the Senate’s bill...
Sprinkler Retrofitting Requirements
Secretary Lawson: As you are aware based upon our conversation, I have heard from my constituents about the apparent confusion relating to the enforcement and applicability…
HOAs vs. Lawyers
A new Florida law will allow homeowner association managers statewide to continue performing aspects of their jobs that attorneys had argued should have been their purview.
New law aims to protect homeowner associations from pricey attorney fees
A new law takes effect next Tuesday clarifying what community association managers can do without having to hire an attorney.
Legislature passes bill on community association managers
Lawmakers this week passed a measure clarifying what community association managers can do without having to hire an attorney.
Homeowner group managers bill heads to Gov. Scott
Mangers of homeowners associations, fearing a pending court decision that could restrict their duties, are cheering the passage of HB 7037, which expands and the activities…
Court case could increase cost for homeowners associations
A pending opinion from the Florida Supreme Court could dramatically increase operating costs for thousands of homeowner associations statewide and…
Panel backs duties for association managers
Amid debate about whether unlicensed people are effectively practicing law, the House Civil Justice Subcommittee on Wednesday unanimously approved a bill (PCB CJS 14-02) that would add to the duties that…
Community association managers take UPL issue to the Legislature
A trade group representing community association managers, or CAMS, told the Legislature the process the Bar uses to issue unlicensed practice of law advisory opinions…