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Rules & Regulations• May 22, 2020

Coronavirus: What Condos and HOA’s Need to Know About Re-Opening Recreational Facilities

Michiganders living in condominiums and homeowners associations have been subject to some form of a stay-at-home order since March 24, 2020 due to COVID-19. However, Governor Gretchen Whitmer has started reopening portions of Northern Michigan, and it is expected that the restrictions on recreational facilities in community associations throughout Michigan will be relaxed in the near future. However, at the…

Michigan Court of Appeals Holds that HOA Cannot Revoke Approvals for Docks

In providing such written permission, it is important for a homeowners association to indicate whether the grant of permission is permanent or revocable.

Michigan Court of Appeals Affirms Short-Term Rental Ban in Restrictive Covenant

As we previously discussed on September 21, 2017, in Michigan Court of Appeals Rules in Favor of HOA on Short-Term Rental Ban, Michigan courts have consistently held that short-term rentals violate “residential use” and “non-commercial use” restrictions contained in restrictive covenants. On November 30, 2017, in Eager v Peasley, et. al., published opinion of the Court of Appeals, issued November 30,…