One of the lasting effects of the COVID-19 pandemic is an increase in home based businesses in condominium and homeowners associations. The Small Business Administration estimates that over fifty percent of all small businesses in the United States are home-based, with an even larger percentage
Many condominium and other common interest communities throughout Illinois have pools as part of the amenities for their members. Due to the nature of this amenity, and the nature of potential liability exposure, associations will generally have very specific rules and regulations that govern the
Parking in an Illinois condominium or common interest community association setting can create many different issues for a board. Community associations may have to deal with everything from requests for parking accommodations made by unit owners to enforcing rules regarding the parking spaces and the
Homeowner associations often seek to exercise architectural control over exterior structures within their communities which impact community aesthetics. For some issues, however, an association’s concern over the form of a structure potentially impacts its function creating a conflict between the interest of the association and
In Sanzaro v Ardiente Homeowners Association, et. al., Docket No. 2:11-CV0-1143-RFB-CWH, 2019 WL 1049380 (D Nev, March 5, 2019), a federal court imposed a judgment of $350,000 in compensatory damages, $285,000 in punitive damages and awarded the plaintiffs attorney’s fees and costs against their homeowners
