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Evan McKenzie on the rise of private urban governance and the law of homeowner and condominium associations. Contact me at ecmlaw@gmail.com


Monday, January 24, 2022

Owners of aging York condos face massive assessments.

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  https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/condominum-toronto-owners-repairs-1.6323195  Another one
Thursday, January 20, 2022

Florida Realtors: Surfside Collapse Challenges Many Older Condos

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 People buy condo units and don't want to pay to fund the reserve fund. They are gambling that they will be gone by the time major repai...
Wednesday, July 07, 2021

Yahoo News: After Surfside, aging condos called time bombs

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  https://news.yahoo.com/surfside-collapse-aging-condos-called-202238005.html Mentions me and some of the other things that are being said o...

Are Chicago condos safe from structural failure?

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  https://news.wttw.com/2021/07/06/after-florida-collapse-look-condo-building-safety-chicago This is a panel discussion on the state of play...

Climate change could cost condos billions--and they aren't ready for it.

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 https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/surfside-condo-climate-change-cost/2021/07/01/b6699a98-da76-11eb-9bbb-37c30dcf9363_story.html This i...

Bloomberg Businessweek: Aging condos are a ticking time bomb

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  https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-07-06/aging-condos-are-a-ticking-time-bomb-and-need-more-oversight This article has some quot...
Tuesday, June 22, 2021

Private Metropolis -- now available!

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  Dennis Judd, Alba Alexander, and I have a new edited book out from University of Minnesota Press. It is Private Metropolis: The Eclipse of...
Monday, May 24, 2021

Australia’s first private ‘city’ to get 10,000 apartments | ArchitectureAU

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Australia’s first private ‘city’ to get 10,000 apartments | ArchitectureAU " Developer Greater Springfield   Land Corporation has unvei...

82-year-old woman to lose her Inglewood home after owing $38K in HOA fees | KTLA

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82-year-old woman to lose her Inglewood home after owing $38K in HOA fees | KTLA
Monday, March 15, 2021

Florida's feral hogs: a pervasive pest – but a profitable one for some | Environment | The Guardian

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Florida's feral hogs: a pervasive pest – but a profitable one for some | Environment | The Guardian Florida's large private communit...
Wednesday, March 10, 2021

Perils of "Private" Government & Key Colony's New President

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Perils of "Private" Government & Key Colony's New President This is a podcast from Key Biscayne, Florida, that has an inte...
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I am a professor of political science at the University of Illinois at Chicago, and an adjunct professor at The John Marshall Law School in Chicago. Nothing contained in this blog represents the opinions of UIC or John Marshall, and nothing you see here is legal advice. You can reach me at ecmlaw@gmail.com
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