Chapter 5: Who's Moving In 3 CE Hours
Expiration Date : Febuary 5, 2026 Learning objectives After completing this course, the learner will be able to: Understanding various aspects of screening new owners and tenants. Recognizing legal matters concerning the screening process. Understanding amendments to the association governing documents. Course overview This course is designed to explore issues and concerns related to controlling membership and residency in community associations. It describes the process of amending the governing documents to authorize screening and create reasonable criteria for screening of prospective new owners and tenants. It explores the legal and judicial barriers, especially as applied to protected classes of persons, as well as the biases and misunderstandings Disclaimer All names, characters, events, and incidents are the products of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons or actual events is purely coincidental. When choosing a new home that is located in a community association, in addition to the aesthetics of the house itself, people may consider other factors related to the community, such as: ● Affordability of the residence. ● Periodic costs of the community association in the form of assessments, and perhaps special assessments or additional costs. ● Access to schools, shopping, and houses of worship. Meet the neighbors The new neighbors, in your opinion, seem strange. You observe furnishings and personal items being unloaded from the moving van and feel unsure if this is the kind of neighbor you want living nearby. Does my opinion matter? Unhappily, you call the CAM to protest. The manager tells you that your concerns are important. The manager assures you that all new owners and tenants go through the association’s resident screening application and interview process with the resident screening committee. The fact that your new neighbors are moving in verifies that they have been approved. The CAM continues, in an effort to offer good customer service, that the approval will be verified, and they will get back to you.
Rule making. Recognizing human resource factors. Recognizing management’s role and stressors. Understanding selective enforcement.
of directors and committee members that can emerge in the process of deciding who can and cannot move in. The course employs, for part of its substance, a narrative based on a fictional homeowners’ association, its screening committee members, president, owners, attorney, and applicants.
MY HOUSE IS MY CASTLE
● Safety in and around the residence, including low local crime rate, gated community, security guard services. ● Condition and appearance of the grounds and common areas. ● Pet policies. ● Amenities and appurtenances.
● Use restrictions. ● Rental policies. ● Financial solvency of the association.
Imagine a scenario in which you have purchased the home of your dreams and are living happily in the community association. Along with the typical personal aggravations of violation notices, increased maintenance fees, and special assessments, you wake up one morning to find that a new family has moved in next door. The CAM manages the receipt of applications, confirms their completion, distributes them to the resident screening committee, and sends the committee’s recommendations and the board of director’s final approval/disapproval in writing to the applicants, sellers, and/or landlords. A week after your call to the manager, you are still waiting for a response. You haven’t been concerned about the association’s admission policies in the past, but you are now.
RESIDENTIAL SCREEN CRITERIA
● The documents must include reasonable criteria that clearly define the criteria for approval and/or denial. ● Any criteria for approval and/or denial must be lawful, applicable to the specific community association and be applied uniformly. ● The governing documents must include a specified time frame for approving and/or denying an application, and the association must comply with such provisions.
Can a community association reject a person or entity applying to purchase, rent, or reside in their community? If so, what conditions must be met for an association to reject a prospective member or resident? Are there some people who simply cannot be rejected? For a community association to have a legal basis to approve or disapprove an application for membership, residency, or lease, the following conditions must be met: ● The community association’s governing documents must authorize screening of prospective buyers and/or lessees.
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Book Code: CAMFL1524
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