Lifting Stay At Home Orders & Impacts on Community Associations
By the end of this week, at least 24 states will have lifted or relaxed their stay-at-home orders. Best practices for reopening nonessential businesses and operations in each state has become a trying and controversial discussion. Community association professionals...
CAI Board of Trustees Adopts COVID-19 Statement of Lenience for RVs
As people stay at home in their condominiums, housing cooperative, and homeowners associations to slow the spread of COVID-19, community association leaders are continuously facing unusual circumstances in their community. An issue facing homeowners associations is...
COVID-19 Resources for Community Associations
Condominiums, homeowners associations, and housing cooperatives are facing unique challenges related to the spread of COVID-19. Federal, state, and local governments are leading responses to the crisis by issuing emergency declarations, stay-at-home orders, short-term...
Short-term Rental Restrictions Due to COVID-19
Many states and localities are issuing orders prohibiting the operation of short-term rentals to stop the spread of COVID-19. By prohibiting short-term rentals, states are assisting in national efforts to mitigate travel of individuals and to slow the spread of the...
CAI’s Guide to the SBA Paycheck Protection Program (PPP)
The Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) is a $349 billion federal government loan and grant program to help small businesses remain solvent and retain employees during the COVID-19 pandemic. The PPP is administered through the Small Business Administration 7(a) loan...
A Guide to Small Business Administration Economic Injury Disaster Loans
The Federal government’s Small Business Administration (SBA) Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) provides long-term, low-interest loans to stabilize nonprofit organizations (community associations) and small businesses experiencing a substantial economic injury as a...
Federal COVID-19 Laws Impacting Community Associations
When President Trump signed the March 13, proclamation declaring a National Emergency Concerning the Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Outbreak, a number of federal actions impacting community associations were enforced. Federal regulatory agencies mandated moratoriums on mortgage foreclosures and evictions and instituted loan forbearance programs. Congress passed stimulus legislation impacting small businesses, employees, and individuals.
Government Regulations Impacting Communities Due to COVID-19
Federal Government Action-Federal regulatory agencies have mandated moratoriums on mortgage foreclosures and evictions and instituted loan forbearance programs. Congress passed stimulus legislation impacting small businesses, employees, and individuals. State Government Action-CAI is tracking state government action, and we’ve compiled the following information: Emergency Declarations, State Health Department, State at Home Order, Foreclosure Actions, and Eviction Actions.
What COVID-19 Means for 2020 State Legislative Sessions
As of March 18, NCSL reports 16 states and one territory have postponed their legislative sessions: California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Iowa, Louisiana, Minnesota, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virgin Islands, and Wisconsin. Some are considering scheduling special sessions for later this year. Many of these postponements and suspensions will last until the end of March when legislators will reassess the status of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Coronavirus: Understanding Emergency Declarations, Taking Guidance from Health Officials (Updated 3/15/20)
Everywhere you turn, there’s information about COVID-19. It’s in notifications of event cancellations, school closings, scientific information and forecasting, and more. With President Donald Trump banning travel of foreign nationals from Europe to the U.S (except the...
