Miami
--August 8,
2011
The
Community Association Member Party is an organization
for homeowners and condo unit owners, including
investors. After
seeing the rapid decline of
Florida
real estate values, C.A.M.P.
wants to assure that real estate investments will be
properly safeguarded in the future.
In
that regard, C.A.M.P.
recognizes that only the
Florida
legislature can make this happen by passing laws
designed to protect property owners -- without any
special interests involved, except the property owners
themselves. But
nothing can happen until the elected officials know
what their constituents need and want. Because no laws
have been enacted to benefit homeowners in a
meaningful way, C.A.M.P.
must work to ensure that protection for owners will be
a priority for
Florida
legislators.
C.A.M.P.'s
mission is to make the legislators aware that the only
way to improve the economy is to spur revitalization
of the real estate market in
Florida
. When
prospective homeowners and real estate investors have
confidence that safeguards are in place to protect
their investments, real estate values will climb.
When real estate values climb,
Florida
’s economy will be revitalized.
C.A.M.P.'s
goal is to encourage the legislators to protect the
future of
Florida
by passage of this BILL.
SUMMARY
OF "THE BILL"
1. Increase
the current statutory cap from 1% to 2% of the
original mortgage debt that a bank is required to pay,
once a lender forecloses on a unit in a
Florida
community association and obtains title.
2. During
the pendency of any foreclosure action by the
association against a unit owner, the unit owner must
place the assessments for the condominium or
homeowners’ association into the court registry as
they come due. This is exactly what the current
landlord/tenant statute allows for. Failure of
the defendant to place the assessments for the
condominium or homeowners’ association into the
court registry would allow the association to obtain a
default.
3. Finally
allow the Department of Business and Professional
Regulation to regulate and provide oversight,
education and an Ombudsman for
Florida
homeowners’ associations, not just for
Florida
condominium associations.
4. Finally
require
Florida
homeowners’ associations to utilize the statutory
procedures that condominiums must utilize for their
annual elections, in order to allow more Floridians
the opportunity to participate in the governance of
the communities in which they live.
5. Just
like for condominiums, require board members of
Florida
homeowners’ associations to become
"certified" by taking an educational course
designed to teach the fundamentals of
Florida
law governing
Florida
homeowners’ associations.
6. Just
like in homeowners’ associations, require certain
minor disputes that arise in a condominium to first be
mediated before being arbitrated or litigated in a
court of law.
For
further information, please go to our website at: www.camp2012.net.
Or contact C.A.M.P.
President Milena Macias [305-725-0530] and/or C.A.M.P.
Secretary Ralph Udick [352-751-0345].
Your
C.A.M.P.
Team
Ralph
Udick, Secretary
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Anita
Stuckly, Treasurer
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