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...
COVID-19 Support Center
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...
COVID-19 AND COLLECTIONS – HOW TO PREPARE YOUR ASSOCIATION FOR A POSSIBLE SPIKE IN DELINQUENCIES
By Gregory J. Fioritto, Esq. Prior to the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, many Associations were experiencing record-low levels of owner delinquencies. This is the expected result of a national (and local) economy that improved by leaps and bounds from the dark...
Governor Suspends Rental Evictions
Written by Shane F. Diehl, Esq. With the advent of the coronavirus crisis and the subsequent “Stay Home, Stay Safe” Executive Order, and all other Executive Orders issued by Governor Whitmer, many folks are finding themselves without a paycheck to pay for necessary...
COVID-19 Update
We’re here to help. Our experienced attorneys have always been in the business of problem-solving for condominium and homeowners associations and their members. This unprecedented pandemic will raise difficult questions for our association clients and their board and...
Q&A: The Effects of COVID-19 Pandemic on Community Association Meetings
By: Tracy Danner-Bond, Esq. Q: Our Annual Meeting is to be held in April or May, 2020 and the Board of Directors is concerned that large group gatherings will still be banned by the government at that time. When should we reschedule our Annual Meeting?...