By Ryan + February 5th, 2007
The Texas Uniform Condominium Act (”TUCA”) provides developers with some protection from anti-condominium municipalities and counties. Under TUCA, Texas municipalities and counties are prevented from using zoning, subdivision, building, or land use law, codes, ordinances, or regulations to prohibit condominiums from being developed. Also, a local authority may not impose any requirement on [...]
By Ryan + January 17th, 2007
Condominiums and cooperatives are often confused, however the difference between the two is well-defined in the Texas Uniform Condominium Act. [Section 82.00(a)(8) if you are eager to look it up.]
A condominium is a real property system where the individual units are owned in fee by different owners, each of which has a concurrent, undivided [...]
By Ryan + December 20th, 2006
To reduce the animosity in carrying out an apartment-to-condominium conversion, a meeting with current tenants should be held. This meeting should occur way in advance of the statutory 60-day notice to vacate requirement.
At this meeting, which should be the first of several, be sure to convey that you will work with existing [...]