“GOVERNOR SUSPENDS RENTAL EVICTIONS” By: Shane F. Diehl, Esq. We had previously written and informed you that Governor Whitmer had issued several Executive Orders, including Executive Order 2020-19, which suspended rental evictions through April 17, 2020. On Friday,...
Month: April 2020
Special COVID-19 Support Center Seminar
Creating solutions and accessing resources to COVID-19 issues in your community A seminar to support Board Members and Managers Wednesday, April 22, 2020 | 2:00 p.m. Presenters: Edward J. Zelmanski and Gregory J. Fioritto, Esq. Right now, we know many communities...
BUILDING COMMUNITY IN THE TIME OF COVID-19
By: Melissa D. Francis, Esq. Sidewalk Chalk Art in Canton, MI Photo Credit: Laura Kitzman As Community Association attorneys, one of the things I hear most often from Community Association Boards and Homeowners is that they do not feel connected to their neighbors. ...
HOW TO HANDLE DISCLOSURE OF COVID-19 CASES IN YOUR COMMUNITY – WEIGHING PRIVACY AGAINST SAFETY
By: Gregory J. Fioritto, Esq. The ongoing pandemic has raised many new and difficult questions for community association boards. One of the most frequently-asked questions is whether a board should disclose the presence of a known case of COVID-19 in the community to...
COVID-19 Reflections
Everyone Matters, Reaching Out to Elderly and Vulnerable Members of Our Communities By Lee S. Schofield, Esq. Beginning on March 10, 2020 with Executive Order 2020-4, which declared a state of emergency in Michigan and throughout the month of March 2020, Governor...
WHAT’S A BOARD TO DO?
The Board of Directors as local government in the COVID-19 pandemic crisis. By Edward J. Zelmanski, Esq. We received the first round of questions arising in the face of the current COVID-19 Virus pandemic. Those questions tended to be of the form “Must the Board of...
The Role of Management Companies During Michigan’s COVID-19 Shutdown
Written by Stacia A. Miller, Esq. As everyone is likely aware, Governor Gretchen Whitmer has signed EO2020-21. EO2020-21 which prohibits in person work that is not necessary to sustain or protect life or conduct minimum basic operations of your business. The violation...