New Neighborhoods

The Consumer’s Guide to Condominium, Co-op, and HOA Living

Gary Poliakoff & Ryan Poliakoff

New Neighborhoods is a non-fiction consumers guide that details the most important aspects of buying or living in a Shared Ownership Community (condo, co-op, HOA) as well as providing in-depth information on how to effectively serve as a board member or volunteer. It uses humor, anecdotes and a relaxed, conversational writing style to explain what has become a very difficult legal and social minefield. The book guides readers through choosing their home; clarifies their rights and responsibilities; explains how associations operate, collect money and hold meetings and elections; and also details some of the crazy rules and regulations that have arisen around the country—and how to know when to follow them.

Gary Poliakoff, one of the world's foremost authorities on community association law, is the author of a nationally published treatise, The Law of Condominium Operations. Ryan Poliakoff is inaugural president of The Ocean Palms, a $100 million condominium property in South Florida.