Posted by River City on December 02, 2006 at 17:10:19:
They way I see it, you are a renter and a renter has no rights with the condo association, the owner does. It would be up to the owner of the condo unit to bring a complaint against the condo association.
This is not a professional opinion, only a personal one. Please do not take this as legal advice. I am not a lawyer, nor do I play one on TV.
Is Condo Association doing Illegal Non-Renewal? - Posted by Izzy
Posted by Izzy on December 02, 2006 at 01:06:04:
In Florida my parents (who are nice people and always get along with everyone) are renting in a condo assocation, 1 individual who’s Community Manager playing judge/jury/executioner/Condo Commando is sending many quiet Renters who never make any trouble non-renewal of their lease when their lease expires for no reason. Making people scratch there head and say…hugh?
The Condo Commando is making bogus claims why he’s not renewing and saying he sent out lots of these letter to us (which he kept stating) before this non-renewal letter was sent out.
After careful investigation and going to the office where these letters are kept, I spoke to the people who keep all files to ask for copies of these “supposed letters”…and when they pulled out our file…there where NO letters in it, and NO LETTERS were ever sent to us…only the letter sent to the owner for non-renewal of lease.
There is a committee which was supposed to be they judge/jurry on this but they didn’t even know about and refuse to do anything about it, they just believe him and his lies and they cover-up his tracks with more lies. This committee says Renters have NO rights (which I know is not true) and there’s nothing we or they will do about it, and are refusing to give us the right to defend ourselves and clear up any misunderstand there is.
As a result, my family has gone through tramatic mental anguish, physical health issues, and emotional pain and suffering too as results…and they didn’t do anything wrong.
**** Anyone this we as Renters have a case? Is what there doing to us illegal? What can be done? *****
Re: Is Condo Association doing Illegal … - Posted by Frank Chin
Posted by Frank Chin on December 03, 2006 at 06:52:44:
Izzy:
We don’t know the bylaws of the condo, nor the laws of the state of FL. Here in NY State, court decisions held HOA boards’ powers to be absolute except in cases of overt violations of states laws such as “overt discrimination”.
I owned condos that I rent out. Rightly or wrongly the HOA limits the number of rental units, and imposed controls on them. At one time, a vote was taken to reduce the number of rentals from 25% down to 15%, and the plan was not to renew leases for renters that came up, to reduce the number of rentals. It was voted down. I voted NO.
There’s been situations that came up where just too many units becamse rentals at other complexes, with the result that the values plummeted, and financing became impossible to obtain (beyond 50% I beleive).
One impetus for the vote at my condo was values of condos at a neighboring complex plummeted to below 10K each, compared to over 50K at ours for a 2BR, when buyers snapped them up to become rentals, and everyone became an absentee owner. I learned of this later when I was going to find a place to stay at Springfiedl MA to do RE, and was told I can get a place for a mere $8K. Except I might not want to live there.
Frank Chin
WHAT’S YOUR OPINION, DO WE HAVE A CASE? - Posted by Izzy
Posted by Izzy on December 02, 2006 at 15:13:17:
I’m trying to find out, do we have a Good Legal Case?
In addition, can we sue them for pain & suffering & mental anguish as a result of this communities actions for no justification?
Or is there nothing we can do about it?
Thanks all who reply.
Re: WHAT’S YOUR OPINION, DO WE HAVE A CASE? - Posted by Paula
Posted by Paula on March 29, 2008 at 14:15:32:
I am not an attorney but if the condo documents state renting is legal and there has been NO general meeting and vote to terminate leasing of units than you have a good case.
I would suggest you contact Becker & Poliakoff in Fort Lauderdale, their the BIG DOGS of condo law, try Mr. Lee Burg ESQ., They are not cheap but you get what you pay for.
What’s keeping you from seeing your lawyer?nt - Posted by John Merchant
Posted by John Merchant on December 10, 2006 at 19:20:13:
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