What happens when three condominium corporations share facilities or services with a freehold commercial/retail owner and there is no cost sharing or reciprocal agreement which allocates any costs to the freehold commercial/retail owner? A recent decision of the Ontario Superior…
Denise Lash Interviewed in The London Free Press
In a recent issue of the London Free Press, Denise Lash was interviewed as part of a special feature on Bed Bugs in condominium units and who’s responsible for their eradication, entitled “Responsibility to take steps to eradicate the nasty…
Denise Lash Featured Speaker at CCI Huronia Annual Condo Conference and AGM
Heenan Blaikie is excited to be sponsoring this year’s CCI Huronia Annual Condo Conference and AGM, in Barrie Ontario on September 11, 2013. Denise Lash will be a featured speaker at a panel discussing directors liability, for more information about…
Realtors Could Be Liable for Large Condominium Tax Bills
As we reported back in April, the CRA is increasingly challenging Canadians’ designation of their condominium unit as their principal residence. The distinction can result in a tax bill of tens of thousands of dollars. The Toronto Star is now…
Stage Two Report on Condominium Act Review Now Available
The following news was just released today about Stage Two of the Ontario Government’s Condominium Act Review. “Canada’s Public Policy Forum (PPF) today released a solutions report in support of Ontario’s Condominium Act review. You can read the executive summary and full…
Allocation of Common Expense Payments by Condominium Corporations
Most condominium owners pay their monthly common expenses by way of pre-authorized payments. The question that frequently arises is whether these payments can be allocated by the condominium corporation to other unpaid amounts owing by the owner, such as chargebacks.…
Condominium Act 2014? Manager Licensing
The sensational stories in the news over the past few years, about condominium corporations left with depleted reserve funds as a result of fraud by condo managers, has now piqued the government’s and public’s interest in the regulation of the…
Condos can recover reasonable expenses incurred to collect condo fees arrears
Condo fees are the lifeblood of condominiums. One owner’s failure to pay his share of common expenses causes suffering to all of the other owners in more than one way. First, the innocent owners have to bear the financial burden…
Can Condominiums Prevent Short-Term Leasing Of Units?
Recently, owners living in an exclusive condominium complex downtown asked me whether there was anything that could be done to prevent short-term leasing of condo units in their complex. Short-term rentals can indeed be quite problematic for a condominium corporation…
Pets in Condos: Condo Pet Eviction
A board member of a condominium corporation recently forwarded me an interesting article from the New York Post about Charlie, the adorable 3.5 pound Yorkie whose owner was taken to court by the condominium association of a 24 unit development in Queens,…
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