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While condo residents may smoke in their homes, they may not do so in a manner that causes a nuisance to others.

With COVID-19 keeping people indoors, cigarette smoke is causing a stinker of a dilemma for condo owners

September 23, 2020 at 1:00 a.m.

Q. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, our condominium board meetings have been handled virtually on video conference. However, the virtual board meetings are chaotic. What can we do to stop...

Common areas can be a concern when trying to practice social distancing to combat COVID-19.

Condo Adviser: Can a condo board mandate face masks in common areas during COVID-19?

August 5, 2020 at 1:00 a.m.

Q. I am on the board of directors of a self-managed condominium association. There has been discussion among the board over whether to mandate that condo owners must wear face...

Condo associations can amend bylaws to restrict smoking recreational cannabis inside units.

Recreational weed is legal, but condo associations can still restrict smoking it inside

April 16, 2020 at 1:00 a.m.

Q. Now that recreational cannabis is legal in Illinois, my condo association is attempting to adopt a restriction to our governing documents to prohibit the smoking of cannabis in my...

A new Illinois law clarifies that condo associations must allow service animals provided their owners have sufficient documentation.

What a new Illinois law about service animals means for condo associations

February 3, 2020 at 10:02 a.m.

Q. I live in a large condominium association. Our board of directors publishes very sparse content in board meeting minutes and does not communicate in our newsletter much about large...

If an association's tenant causes damage to a unit, not only is that tenant liable for the damages, but the association may also be liable because it had legal possession of the unit.

When association takes possession and leases out a unit, it may be liable for damage caused by renter

December 31, 2019 at 10:19 a.m.

Q. I am a unit owner in a condominium association where the association took possession of my unit due to an eviction lawsuit for unpaid common expenses. The association had...

Does a condo seller have to disclose smoke transmission from another unit?

New owner wants to know if seller is required to disclose smoke transmission into unit

October 2, 2019 at 1:34 p.m.

Q. I am a new unit owner in a condominium association. I would like to know whether the Illinois Residential Real Property Disclosure Form requires a seller of a condominium...

A condo association can amend the its declaration to either dissuade interest in, or prevent, a hostile takeover.

Association can take steps to prevent deconversion by hostile takeover

August 7, 2019 at 2:39 p.m.

Q. I live in a condominium association and the topic of condo deconversions is periodically discussed. We have rejected a couple of unsolicited purchase offers from real estate investors over...

A condo association can restrict the smoking of cannabis in condominiums, but not consumption by other means.

Resident wants to prohibit pot smoke in building after recreational marijuana becomes legal

July 3, 2019 at 10:55 a.m.

Q. I live in a condominium association and just learned that the use of recreational marijuana will be legal in Illinois starting Jan. 1. Aside from public policy concerns, I...

The Condominium Act gives the board access to units under certain conditions, but reasonable notice is required for nonemergency situations.

Association staff’s access to unit is invasion of privacy, resident says

June 7, 2019 at 2:53 p.m.

Q. I am a unit owner in a high-rise condominium association that is professionally managed. I am concerned about the issue of the association's engineer entering my unit when it...

In the case of the water damage claim from a common element water pipe, the customary practice for condominium associations is to pay the insurance deductible as a common expense.

Association should pay deductible when common element water pipe bursts, but affected units can be charged instead

May 20, 2019 at 9:06 a.m.

Q. Due to the polar vortex, a common element pipe in our five-unit condominium association burst causing water damage in two of the five units. Regarding assessing the insurance deductible...

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