One of the issues the Florida Legislature will surely address in its upcoming 2025 session is the ongoing challenge to condominium living. As we’ve reported, many owners are finding themselves between a rock and …
This week I’ll be in Miami to address the first joint meeting of Key Biscayne condominium association presidents and property managers. They’re at ground zero for what some describe as a pending collapse …
Residents of a 14-story oceanfront condominium building in Miami Beach were allowed to return to their condos last week after a two-week mandatory evacuation prompted by the discovery of substantial damage to beams believed to be supporting …
In an effort to reduce its exposure to potential fraud and litigation abuse, Citizens Property Insurance Corporation this month began its new program to increase the number of home inspections on new and renewal policies. The …
The Surfside condo tower collapse was the subject of discussion at the recent National Council of Insurance Legislators (NCOIL) conference I attended. The question: how big an impact will it have on property insurance underwriting and …
Two new reports are out suggesting specific changes to how Florida’s high-rise buildings should be inspected and managed decades after they’re built. The reports are based on studies and discussions in the aftermath of the Champlain …
The Florida Legislature today begins the first of six staggered weeks of legislative committee meetings leading to the start of the formal session on January 11. The House has healthcare and pandemic-related meetings beginning this morning, with …
Another issue that arose in last week’s meeting of the Miami-Dade County government multi-agency panel on the Surfside disaster was condo association reserve funds for needed building maintenance – and that many times, the reserves …
A Miami-Dade County government multi-agency panel looking at potential changes to the county’s building and inspection codes held its first meeting last week. It was an opportunity to review ideas gathered in the previous nine …
The entire world watched the June 24 Champlain Towers South condominium collapse …and we all said either in a group or silently in prayer that this should never happen again. The Building Officials Association of Florida (BOAF) feels the same …
