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NEWS FLASH - 2010 HUG Training surprises Marty Lawyer, BALS, with recognition for service to HUG.
HUG Co-chairs, Jeff Hearne, LSGMI, and Deborah Rivera, TRLS, present Marty Lawyer with a certificate acknowledging his many, many years of service to the Housing Umbrella Group and the Housing Workgroup. Marty, a graduate of Brown University and Vanderbilt Law School, class of 1970, has been an attorney at Bay Area Legal Services since 1973. He is one of the founding members of the Housing Workgroup, the precursor to the Housing Umbrella Group. He has remained an active member of the group since its formation over 25 years ago. The co-chairs of HUG look forward to many more years of Marty's guidance and expertise.New Material in the Library
Protecting Tenants at Foreclosure Act has been revised in the Dodd-Frank bill. Obama signed it into law on July 21, effective one day later. The new language makes it clear that the date of the notice of foreclosure is the date when complete title is transferred to the successor in interest. In Florida, that is the date the Certificate of Title issues. See a copy of the law and effective date provision in the library.
The Florida Condominium law changed on July 1. SB 1196 is also in the library. Makes sweeping changes to the rights of tenants in condominiums.
