Catching Up: Our Summer 2026 Blog Roundup
Summer has a way of getting busy – board meetings, AGMs, vacations, and the day-to-day of running a condominium community can push blog reading down the priority list. If you missed any of our posts since June, here’s a quick roundup of everything we published, with links so you can dive into the ones most relevant to your corporation.
June
Tips & Tricks for Successfully Passing By-laws (June 3, 2026) Getting owners to actually approve a new by-law is often the hardest part of governance. We shared seven practical strategies boards can use to build support before the vote including clear communication, multiple opportunities for owners to engage, and accessible voting methods. As we put it in the post, communication is key when it comes to passing a by-law.
Occupancy Restrictions in Condos: Rules, By-laws, and Common Pitfalls (June 17, 2026) Can a board simply pass a rule capping how many people live in a unit? Not necessarily. This post explains why numerical occupancy limits generally need to be adopted through a proper occupancy standards by-law rather than a rule, since courts and tribunals look at substance rather than labels when deciding whether a restriction is enforceable.
July
Bulk EVCS Agreements: How Managers and Directors Can Avoid Delays in the Registration Process (July 8, 2026) As more corporations move forward with electric vehicle charging station projects, getting the paperwork right matters. We walked through the common administrative snags such as missing signatures, unclear documentation that cause Land Registry Office rejections, along with best practices for the signing and submission stages to keep bulk EVCS agreements moving.
Fair Condo Elections Don’t Happen by Accident (July 23, 2026) Election season can get messy without the right governance tools in place. This post looks at a gap many boards don’t realize exists: the Condominium Act doesn’t restrict nominations from the floor, so a missed nomination deadline doesn’t automatically keep a candidate out of the race. We outlined how nomination and proxy by-laws can close that loophole and make elections more predictable.
New Owners’ Meeting Rules, Non-Leased Voting Units and Expanded Tribunal Jurisdiction (July 28, 2026) Significant legislative changes are on the way in two phases. Starting December 31, 2026, boards must respond to owner meeting requisitions within 20 days or face automatic approval, and a new “non-leased voting unit” designation will replace the old owner-occupied director rules. Then, by July 1, 2027, the Condominium Authority Tribunal gains jurisdiction over meeting-related disputes, with the power to award damages of up to $50,000. We recommended boards start updating leasing records and requisition procedures now.
August
Charging Legal Costs Back to an Owner: A Court Order Is Still Required (August 10, 2026) A recent Ontario court decision reinforces an important limit on enforcement powers: section 134(5) of the Condominium Act, not the wording of a declaration’s indemnification clause, governs when legal costs from pursuing compliance can be added to an owner’s account. Those costs can only be added once a court has actually made an order awarding them, so a board cannot add enforcement legal costs to an owner’s account and register a lien based on its own view that a breach occurred, no matter how broadly the declaration is worded.
That’s everything from our blog this summer. If any of these topics touch on something your board is dealing with right now, get in touch with our team, we’re happy to help you apply them to your specific situation.
