What if access is required through a residential unit to perform common element maintenance or repairs to the building in general?

Condo managers are familiar with hostile work environments, but cases of harassment and intimidation, and even violence, have reportedly increased due to a confluence of factors.

The types of amenities that were once popular in condos have changed.

As the landscape of aging condos continues evolving, the need for adequate reserve funds to pay for these repairs assumes greater importance.

Resolving noise complaints requires an understanding of how sound moves through a building and the obligations of a condominium.

Timely maintenance and improvements will play an important role in securing favourable coverage terms and avoiding delays in the renewal process.

Harassment towards property managers, directors, contractors, and residents remains a significant problem within condominium corporations.

Fallout from higher interest rates may continue to subdue multifamily development, but lenders express more confidence in prospects for new purpose-built rental and high-rise condominium projects next year.

Even though the Condominium Authority of Ontario’s online mandatory training program provides a solid foundation, directors can never stop learning and continue to gain experience over their terms.

Conflicts and disputes within Ontario’s condo communities are fueling a conversation around safety reform and adding pressure to make residential buildings better places to live and work.

Condo corporations can thank the pandemic for the modernization of how meetings, voting and service of documents occur for communities in Ontario.

Capital repair planning in the condominium market is a crucial aspect of maintaining and improving aging buildings. However, it is essential to recognize that decisions made in this process can have unintended consequences.

This minimum wage increase is larger than most in recent history, second only to that imposed on January 1, 2018.

If one primary meeting objective is to get enough votes without excluding owners who prefer in-person meetings, then hybrid is the way to go.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is rapidly transforming various industries. Condominium management should be no exception.

While 2020 boasted the lowest property crime rate in more than 50 years, crime rates have not continued to sink since then.

The recent regulation to postpone Ontario's property reassessment for another year stretches the assessment cycle to double its originally intended time span.