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Nine Into Eleven: Accounting For Common Interest Communities In Bankruptcy, C. Scott Pryor
Nine Into Eleven: Accounting For Common Interest Communities In Bankruptcy, C. Scott Pryor
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Ever more Americans live in a common interest community such as a homeowners’ association or condominium. Common interest communities restrict the uses owners may make of their property but provide benefits to the owners. The community association pays for these benefits by levying assessments on the owners’ property. Common interest communities offer a wide variety of benefits that can be divided into two sorts: public and private. Local municipalities typically provide public benefits at taxpayer expense; private entities usually afford private benefits at the consumer’s expense.
Like both public and private entities, common interest communities can experience the problem of …