A New Jersey condominium association has been charged with discrimination against a disabled resident and violation of the Fair Housing Act after it demanded that the resident’s 75-pound service dog be transported in a carrier while on the common elements.…
Livestock as Emotional Support Animals
The City of Calgary recently amended its Responsible Pet Ownership By-law to include farm animals as emotional support animals. This will allow farm animals such as chickens, sheep and pigs to live in residential dwellings as long as certain conditions…
Electronic Voting for Turnover Meetings, Annual General Meetings and Owners Meetings
Since our last blog post on electronic voting, we have attended a few turnover meetings and owners meetings that have adopted electronic voting. Condominium developers are now starting to use electronic voting for turnover meetings simply by adding the authority to vote…
Targeted Ads in Condo Elevators
Some condominium corporations allow digital advertisements to be broadcast in their elevators. This can be a win/win scenario for both the condominium corporation and the advertisers. The corporation receives advertising fees, which are applied to the operating and maintenance costs…
The Uncertainties in Buying a Pre-Construction Condominium
Most buyers of pre-construction condominiums understand that there are a number of uncertainties that go with these purchases. The unit may not be as visualized by the purchaser, as the purchase transaction is based on floor plans, specification sheets and…
Proxies are gone! Electronic Voting is here.
Our group at Lash Condo Law has been working with our condominium corporation clients to take the first step to implement Electronic Voting and moving away from the use of proxies, even electronic proxies for all owners meetings. We are…
New and Updated Policies for Condominium Corporations- Cannabis and Privacy Policies
Condominium corporations should be reviewing their existing policies and ensure that any those policies deal with the legalization of cannabis and the upcoming changes to PIPEDA. We are recommending that condominium corporations put into place a separate “Drug and Alcohol…
Dealing With a Condo Owner’s Marijuana Allergy
With the upcoming legalization of marijuana on October 17, 2018, many condominium corporations have enacted rules that prohibit the use and/or cultivation of marijuana on the condominium property, including the units. But in other condominiums, owners are welcoming the freedom…
Condo Owner Makes Human Rights Complaint Over Mould in Unit
A Vancouver condo owner with mould in her unit filed a complaint with the British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal (the “Tribunal”) claiming that the strata corporation discriminated against her on the basis of a physical disability. The owner alleged that…
Condo Owner Loses Court Proceedings to Raise Common Expenses
In a recent case, Patterson v. YCC No. 70, a condominium unit owner sued the condominium corporation and one member of the board of directors alleging that the corporation and the board had failed to perform their obligations under the…
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