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NEWENGLANDCONDO.COM NEW ENGLAND CONDOMINIUM -JANUARY 2021 3 Yale Robbins Publisher Henry Robbins Executive Vice President Joanna DiPaola Associate Publisher Hannah Fons Senior Editor Darcey Gerstein Associate Editor Pat Gale Associate Editor Shirly Korchak Art Director Anne Anastasi Production Manager Alan J. Sidransky Staff Writer Alyce Hill Director of Sales Copyright 2020 by New England Condominium Magazine LLC, dba Community Association Publishing.All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means without prior written permission. New England Condominium is published monthly in New York, New York by New England Condominium Magazine LLC, dba Community Association Publishing, 205 Lexington Ave., 12th Floor, New York, NY 10016. 508-753-4630. ISSN 1550-946X. Periodical postage paid at New York, New York and additional mailing o ces. Subscriptions are available free by request to condominium and homeowner associations. POSTMASTER: Please send address changes to New England Condominium Magazine, 205 Lexington Avenue, 12th Floor, New York, NY 10016. FREE Subscriptions for Board Members, Trustees, Property Managers and Real Estate Decision Makers. To Subscribe, please visit us at: newenglandcondo.com/subscribe TABLE OF CONTENTS M C ........ The day-to-day life of a property manager—while not quite as predictable as that of, say, an accountant—does revolve around certain cyclical tasks, like building inspections, staff meetings, and keeping boards informed of what is going on with various projects in their buildings. That’s not to say that there isn’t an occasional emergency, of course; a boiler fails, a visitor slips and falls, a vendor doesn’t deliver. ties themselves. While most of these self-managed communities tend to be on the And while any good manager takes these challenges in stride, there’s little that could have prepared managers for what they would face with the arrival of COVID- 19. CDC E M C C .... P ................ The COVID-19 pandemic and efforts to control it continue to preoccupy condo- minium association boards and property managers and challenge their ability to respond to rapidly changing governmental guidelines and requirements. Federal regulations issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) tem- porarily prohibiting property owners from evicting residential tenants for non- payment of rent create a new set of challenges. S -M S T ...... . While many condominium associations and co-op corporations hire professional property managers or management firms to handle the routine (and not-so-rou- tine) tasks involved in running a multifamily building or HOA, a significant number take the opposite route, eschewing formal management and running their proper- smaller side, self-management can be successful at any size, from a handful of units to hundreds. Q A................. M