By Evan McKenzie

June 17, 2015

Professor McKenzie attended a conference on private communities and presented a paper  “Rethinking Residential Private Government in the United States: Recent Trends in Practices and Policy” –http://gazit-globe.idc.ac.il/en/announcements/international-conference-private-communities-and-urban-governance-theoretical-and-c
Professor McKenzie noted:

  Insolvency of condominium associations is a significant  problem in other nations–it isn’t just a US problem.  And owners are ultimately liable for the debts of their associations in other nations, not just the US.  Most US condo and HOA owners don’t know they are potentially on the hook for their associations debts, by the way.  In Spain, everybody has to rotate as a BOD member, like it or not.  Read story: