Common-Interest Homeowner's Coalition

11/21/2025

What can you do about a rogue board that favors certain residents and persecutes others? Get the answers in our C-IHC Q&A GUIDE, now available for download at https://www.c-ihc.org/resources .

11/18/2025

𝐓𝐎𝐃𝐀𝐘'𝐒 𝐐&𝐀
𝐐: 𝘞𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘢 𝘣𝘰𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳. 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘥. 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘸𝘦 𝘥𝘰?

𝐀 The law permits owners to remove a board member by a petition to the board (not to the property manager or the association attorney) signed by 51 percent of members. (Although not specified, it is highly advisable that the members signing should be in good standing and thus eligible to vote.) The law requires that a special election be held within 60 days of submission (NJAC 5:26-8.11d). Notably, the law does not prohibit the member removed from standing for election at the special meeting. The remedies if the board ignores the petition are to either bring a court action to enforce the petition or file a complaint with the Association Regulation Unit. (NJAC 5:26-8.14-which includes the address for the ARU).

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Here are resources to help you protect your homeowner's rights as part of a New Jersey planned community and community association.

11/11/2025

What are C-IHC's priorities for legislative reform to better protect homeowners? Find out with our 2025 Legislative Reform Guide, available here!

Here are resources to help you protect your homeowner's rights as part of a New Jersey planned community and community association.

11/07/2025

𝐐&𝐀: 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐌𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐨𝐧 𝐐𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐧𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐬

Q: I suspect that our board is not spending our money properly. What can be done?

Q: I and others in my community have received threatening letters from our Association’s attorney. Isn’t the attorney supposed to represent all of us?

Q: Our board has issued multiple homeowner rules that seem to conflict with our bylaws and state law. How do we deal with this?

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Here are resources to help you protect your homeowner's rights as part of a New Jersey planned community and community association.

11/07/2025

The FALL 2005 C-IHC NEWSLETTER is out! Learn about suing your association, free speech in CICs, and more! Download it at www.c-ihc.org/newsletters

10/03/2025

𝐐: 𝐈 𝐬𝐮𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐛𝐨𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐲 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐥𝐲. 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐛𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐞?

𝐀: As an owner in a common-interest community you have the right to inspect financial records under the New Jersey Condo Act (N.J.S.A. 46:8B-16(d). It requires condominium associations to maintain accounting records, “in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), open to inspection at reasonable times by unit owners.” According to the Condominium Act, such records include “(i) a record of all receipts and expenditures and (ii) an account for each unit setting forth any shares of common expenses or other charges due, the due dates thereof, the present balance due, and any interest in common surplus.” The New Jersey Department of Community Affairs (DCA) logically has taken the position that the right of inspection includes the right to copies of those documents. You should make your request for access to available financial information in writing to the board, copying the association manager (if there is one). In the event the association ignores the writing or refuses access, your writing will serve as evidence when you file a complaint to the Association Regulation Unit in DCA's Bureau of Homeowner Protection. Check the resources links on our website at www.c-ihc.org/resources.

Here are resources to help you protect your homeowner's rights as part of a New Jersey planned community and community association.

06/10/2025

Our Spring 2025 Newsletter is now available at www.c-ihc.org! It includes our key suggestions for legislative reform, advice for when your board is creating problems, the truth about the Corporate Transparency Act, legislation to watch, and much more.

Please note that our 2025 Legislative Reform Guide also is available at www.c-ihc.org/resources.

05/16/2025

Q&A from our upcoming Spring newsletter:

𝐐: 𝐎𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐬𝐧’𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐢𝐱 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬. 𝐈𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐥?

A: For owner-controlled associations, New Jersey law does not require an audit, but your governing documents may, and one might expect the association accountant to recommend it. If your association docs do require an audit and the board does not comply, you can request alternate dispute resolution (ADR) to point out their violation. This is a matter of raising awareness, as associations must make ADR available upon request, though the outcome is not enforceable. Ultimately you may have to go to court and pay unless the court grants you counsel fees – which is not common.

03/10/2025

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03/10/2025

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03/10/2025

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08/30/2024

The C-IHC Summer 2024 Newsletter is out! Stories include Filling the Holes in NJ Homeowners' Law; How to Successfully Talk to Legislators; Property Manager Without a Board?; The History of C-IHC; Legislation to Watch; and much more. Read it through this link!
https://www.c-ihc.org/newsletters