September 2005

I previously made an entry on this site which contained stories about a homeowners association in Florida that prohibited the housing of hurricane Katrina victims within the community. The Community Assocition Institute (CAI) has since taken a strong position with regard to communities that are disallowing homeowners from opening their homes to evacuees of hurricane

Recently, community associations received some bad press in the wake of hurricane Katrina. I found this article to be interesting.

The Association eventually bowed to the pressure as shown in this follow-up article.

Restrictive covenants stating that all lots shall be “single-family dwellings,” or other similar language, are fairly commonplace. We recommend seeking legal