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FHA and Reasonable Modifications

To assist board members and owners with navigating the sometimes confusing web of the Fair Housing Act, the Department of Justice has issued the technical bulletin you can download here: Download reasonable_modifications_mar08.pdf

The bulletin is helpful in outlining community association/owner responsibilities in reasonable modification scenarios.

Matthew L. Winton, Oklahoma condominium and homeowner association attorney.

Book on Oklahoma Homeowner Associations and Condominium Associations

For those interested in purchasing a unique resource on Oklahoma condominium associations and homeowner associations, the Oklahoma Community Association Handbook is available in its 2nd edition. The book contains over 400 pages of law, commentary, forms and checklists dealing solely with Oklahoma associations.

More information is available on the Vaughn, Winton & Clark website.

Matthew L. Winton, Oklahoma condominium associaton and homeowner association lawyer

Residential Disclosure Forms

Over lunch on Wednesday, March 12, 2008, I spoke to a group of Oklahoma Realtors, and we discussed common interest communities. I mentioned Texas' residential disclosure forms and their "resale certificates," which provide a significant amount of information for Texas home buyers.

Those forms that I mentioned may be found here: Download 364_hoa_certificate.pdf and here: Download 372_hoa_certificate.pdf.

For comparative purposes, the Oklahoma residential disclosure form may be found here: Download oklahoma_disclosure_form.pdf

Matthew L. Winton, Oklahoma condominium and homeowner association lawyer.