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How Should Florida Community Associations Answer Residents’ Requests for Emotional Support Animals?

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A right to an emotional support animal has been a heavily discussed topic for years, especially for certain extreme requests involving the use of an exotic animal for emotional support purposes, or when there is a claim that...more

Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP

Client Alert: Consideration of Disability-Related Requests for Modification of Premises Under State and Federal Law

The Federal Fair Housing Act (FHA), as well as the substantially similar Florida Fair Housing Act (FFHA), prohibits discrimination in housing based on a person’s disability. As “housing providers,” homeowners associations and...more

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Does the Building Code Apply to Mobile Homes?

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Mobile home, Manufactured Building, Manufactured Home, Premanufactured Home, Single-Wide, Double-Wide, Trailer; these are all words we tend to use to describe the semi-permanent, transportable, economical structures that many...more

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Foreclosure Moratorium Update

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Early in the response to the COVID-19 pandemic, various foreclosure moratoriums effecting Florida real estate were issued. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) issued a moratorium on all foreclosures of...more

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Florida Foreclosure Reversed Because Lender Did Not Prove Compliance with HUD Regulation

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On December 2, 2016, Florida’s Fifth District Court of Appeal filed an opinion overturning a foreclosure sale on grounds that the foreclosing bank failed to meet with the borrower in person prior to filing suit, as required...more

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Florida Court Finds HUD Face-to-Face Requirements a Condition Precedent to Foreclosure

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In a decision issued Dec. 2, Florida’s Fifth Court of Appeal became the first Florida state appellate court to find that the Housing and Urban Development (HUD) regulation, requiring a face-to-face interview with borrowers,...more

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