By: Tracy Danner-Bond, Esq. Q: What should we do in preparation for an increase in delinquencies due to the COVID-19 pandemic? A: Check out Greg Fioritto’s article posted March 30, 2020 on our website’s special COVID-19 Support Center (www.zdfattorneys.com) entitled...
Year: 2020
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IN ALLIANCE WITH Zelmanski, Danner & Fioritto, PLLC and Fraser Trebilcock Davis and Dunlap, P.C. Proudly present: “Back to the Office: Restarting Operations for your Organization after the Covid-19 Lockdown” June 10, 2020 at 2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. on Facebook Live...
Step Forward Michigan Keeps Marching On
By: Melissa D. Francis, Esq. In 2010, the Michigan State Housing Development Authority (MSHDA) received funding of $499 million dollars from the Federal Hardest Hit Program to provide financial assistance to homeowners left struggling after the recession and mortgage...
To Amend Or Not To Amend… That Is The Question
By: Richard L. Wagner, Jr., Esq. Unless you have been living in a cave, you have assuredly been bombarded with information about COVID-19. With all of that information flying around, one question that has arisen is whether Condominium or Homeowners’ Associations...
UPDATE TO EXECUTIVE ORDER 2020-54
“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,...
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...