Day: March 16, 2014

You may remember that about two years ago, a Miami Dade Grand Jury was convened to investigate condominiums and the DBPR.  The findings were scary.  The Grand Jury found condo crime was rampant and that The Department of Business and Professional Regulation was not part of the solution, but rather part of the problem. Now,…

As many of you already know, each owner of a condominium unit pays $4.00 per year to the Department of Business and Professional Regulation, Division of Condominiums, Timeshares and Mobile Homes.  The money is supposed to be spent helping to regulate and provide services to condominium unit owners throughout our state. Each year, because the…

You may recall that two years ago, The House and the Senate passed legislation that would have allowed condominiums in excess of 75 in height to opt out of a mandatory engineered life safety system. Legislation already existed that allowed these condominiums to opt out of sprinkler requirements.  Condos opted out of the sprinkler requirements,…