"Clearly, a leaking roof constitutes a housing violation that the board would be obligated to repair," he said, adding that while unit owners are responsible for conditions inside their apartments, several housing court decisions "have indicated that the repair of common elements, including the roof, are the obligation of the board".
And if the owners decide to show their apartments "by appointment only," would that then constitute an open house that would be subject to the fee?... Ernest Alleva, Manhattan.
The number of such houses, like the official definition of what constitutes a mansion, is difficult to ascertain.
Rental apartment buildings, which constitute a majority of housing here, are mostly immune.
Still, buyers and builders can be confused over what constitutes a green house.
They may constitute a happy half-way house for both developers and government.
A house under water may constitute a force majeure; a mortgage that is under water does not.Moreover, "no recourse" home loans are not the standard in America.
Although nonprimary-residence and owner-occupancy cases constitute a fraction of the total housing court caseload, they resonate through the landlord-tenant legal community and grab a disproportionate piece of the court calendar.
How much "debt" is constituted by a house mortgage?
So the criminalisation of squatting, the attitudes of buy-to-let landlords (typified by the Daily Mail's offering last week of a buy-to-let property as a competition prize), the right to buy and the carving up of housing association stock constitute a national scandal.
