A key change concerns the threshold for owners’ consent in establishing associations. In the case of a single condominium, an association can be established if more than a quarter of the condominium owners sign in favor. If it is a question of combining several condominiums into one association, the support of more than half of the owners will be required.
Separately, the bill stipulates that if residents decide to separate, they can vote to create their own association – under the same rules under which their building was once included in the common structure. The former association is then obliged to hand over to the new association within 30 days everything related to the management of the house: documents, property and necessary information. The handover is formalized through an acceptance certificate, which is approved by the residents’ meeting.
The authors emphasize that the amendments are aimed at preventing the practice of creating so-called “mega-associations” that unite dozens of disparate houses that do not have common infrastructure and are actually managed without sufficient consent of all residents.
In general, the law is designed to strengthen the role of residents in deciding on the form of management of their house or group of houses.
On Monday, March 30, the Parliament will hold public consultations on the draft law on amendments to the Condominium Law.
