Florida House approves plan allowing credit lines for condo associations
The Florida House overwhelmingly approved a plan that aims to ease financial strains on condominium owners.
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The Florida House overwhelmingly approved a plan that aims to ease financial strains on condominium owners.
With no board in place to authorize payments, the community's insurance provider demanded more than $20,000 by Friday.
Determined to take control of their living conditions, residents have united to challenge their HOA.
City of Sunrise staff posted "unsafe building" notices on windows around the complex. Without repairs to shore up buildings by noon Monday, residents will have to temporarily relocate.
Jesus Cue acted as the controller/accountant for The Hammocks Homeowners Association.
Amid long-running efforts to shift customers into the private market, homeowners insured by Citizens Property Insurance Corp. plunged last week.
Ivan Diez was arrested Thursday and is accused of billing $172,000 worth of work that was allegedly never done.
The City of Miami is offering a first-time homebuyer program, which is a zero-interest loan for those who meet the income requirements.
Though a growing industry, build-to-rent communities made up only 7.9% of new residential constructions last year.
Home insurance premiums have at times risen 40% faster than inflation. Extreme weather events are likely to make the expense worse.
The landmark deal, which goes into effect Saturday, could cause real estate fees to drop by as much as 30%, experts say.
Years after the Surfside collapse, South Florida is in a condo crisis.
Governor Ron DeSantis recently signed a bill that is headed to voters in November as Amendment 5.
A constitutional amendment would help Florida homeowners via their Homestead Exemption to save money.
The annual income needed to afford even a basic home in the U.S. has risen sharply since the pandemic, a new report shows.
Shocking surveillance video shows a masked man with a long gun pointed at the homeowners who were inside.
The total Friday was up from 1.171 million policies a week earlier and 1.164 million two weeks earlier, according to data posted on the Citizens website.
Rent across the U.S. is dipping as vacancies rise and property managers struggle to fill homes, new data shows.
Needed repairs at a Miami-Dade condo is putting the state's laws that govern condo boards and home association governance and operation in the spotlight again.
A community is fighting for affordable housing and against a new development plan in their neighborhood.
Jim DeFede talks to State Senator Jennifer Bradley who is sponsoring this year's HOA reform bill.
We devote the entire half hour to the HOA crisis in South Florida and elsewhere in the state.
We devote the entire half hour to the HOA crisis in South Florida and elsewhere in the state. As the cost of insurance rises, HOAs have been forced to raise fees putting a financial squeeze on homeowners. Corruption is also a concern after leaders of the Hammocks HOA were accused of theft and fraud to the tune of two million dollars. Florida now has the HOA Bill of Rights but critics say its protections don't go far enough. We hear from homeowners from four South Florida HOAs, Miami-Dade State Attorney Kathy Fernandez Rundle and State Rep. Juan Carlos Porras of Miami-Dade County who plan on introducing a stronger HOA Bill of Rights in the upcoming legislative session.
Mortgage rates recently hit their highest levels in more than two decades, pricing many out of the market. Here's what to expect in 2024.
But people in states at risk of extreme weather, like Florida, are seeing much larger increases.
Showers and thunderstorms will develop each morning and move through the metro areas and Keys during the day.
Corbin Carroll helped lead the Arizona Diamondbacks to an 8-7 victory over the Miami Marlins on Monday night.
The two victims, an 18-year-old and a 23-year-old, were rushed to a hospital in serious but stable condition, Miami Fire-Rescue says.
Dr. Oluwadamilola Ajiboye was 11 when she moved from Nigeria to Miami.
FBI Director Kash Patel is appearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee for an annual hearing on oversight of the agency.
Showers and thunderstorms will develop each morning and move through the metro areas and Keys during the day.
Corbin Carroll helped lead the Arizona Diamondbacks to an 8-7 victory over the Miami Marlins on Monday night.
The two victims, an 18-year-old and a 23-year-old, were rushed to a hospital in serious but stable condition, Miami Fire-Rescue says.
Dr. Oluwadamilola Ajiboye was 11 when she moved from Nigeria to Miami.
FBI Director Kash Patel is appearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee for an annual hearing on oversight of the agency.
Former Cuban President Raúl Castro has reappeared in public at a military event celebrating an army branch's anniversary.
Diario Las Américas, a Miami-based Spanish-language newspaper, reported Tuesday that Castro is seriously ill, citing a confidential source in Cuba close to his inner circle.
A sign referencing Cuba was visible in surveillance footage of a gas pump fire at a Bird Road Chevron station.
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed is accused of developing and directing the plot to crash hijacked airliners into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2001.
Degnis Bofill, who won a 2022 Latin Grammy, is being held at the Krome Detention Center in Miami-Dade County while his asylum case is pending.
Former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife asked a judge to toss their drug trafficking indictment on the grounds that they have immunity as the leader and first lady of a foreign country.
The deal involves developing 17 strategic oil fields in Venezuela, an undertaking that experts said could take years.
President Trump announced a deal to grant the U.S. control of more than 60 billion barrels of proven Venezuelan oil reserves.
Carlos Tellez Sanchez had worked at a car dealership in Dallas during the day and drove for Uber Eats at night to support his family.
Courtney Walter said her husband, Jorge Luis Eliecer Ruiz, was stopped by immigration agents on Aug. 3 in Coconut Creek.
A former Republican Congressman turned Democrat, Jolly is running as a moderate voice, arguing that it is time for change after decades of Republican rule in Tallahassee.
Scott Singer, the former mayor of Boca Raton, discusses winning his primary and what's next in the race.
Former prosecutors question why a grand jury found $10 million misappropriated but charged no one.
The report found taxpayer money was routed through nonprofits and into political accounts, while Attorney General James Uthmeier faces fresh criticism over his role in the transfer.
Moskowitz discusses primary win, Democratic divide.
Affordable Care Act recipients in 30 states are set to receive the $500 checks starting in October. Here's why.
Employer health benefit costs are projected to see the steepest increase next year since 2003. That could mean higher deductions and out-of-pocket costs for workers.
Moderna and Merck announced study results that reflect a "landmark moment" in treatment for one of the deadliest forms of skin cancer.
The notice from a U.S. government agency does not indicate in which stores the beef was sold.
Despite a rash of foodborne illnesses in recent months, one expert said the nation's food supply is "remarkably safe." Here's what to know.
AARP is sounding the alarm because it is so easy to fall for these schemes, but there are simple things everyone can do to protect themselves.
A lawsuit filed late last month took Chicago-based McDonald's to task over the McRib sandwich, calling its name a form of false advertising.
Florida insurance policyholders could be seeing some form of relief in their wallets thanks to market reforms made statewide, Gov. Ron DeSantis said.
The company said Tuesday that 85% of its retail products and "nearly all" of its school offerings are already made without "certified colors."
Less than two days after Delta Air Lines offered $30,000 to each passenger on board the flight that crashed and flipped in Toronto on Monday afternoon, the company is facing its first two lawsuits in the incident — and they likely won't be the last.
Dubbed the "Designer to the Stars," Bob Mackie won nine Emmy Awards, a Tony Award and was nominated for three Oscars.
Stella Parton gives insight into her sister Dolly Parton's marriage, makeup habits and views on death in an exclusive CBS News interview.
Dolly Parton died in Nashville on Aug. 25 at the age of 80 — a shock to fans around the world who weren't aware of her illness.
Ben Shelton ended Carlos Alcaraz's title reign in the latest-finishing match in U.S. Open history, pulling out the victory in a marathon tussle that ended at 3:33 a.m. Wednesday.
While performing in St. Louis on Saturday night, Lionel Richie appeared at one point to lean on a piano for support, according to video from the show.