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		<title>Why Should Communities Support the Legislative Action Committee?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 18:37:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tony Campisi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[CAI&#8217;s Pennsylvania Legislative Action Committee (LAC) is the “watchdog” for the millions of homeowners living in community associations throughout the Commonwealth.  Volunteer delegates sitting on the LAC work very hard educating lawmakers, responding to legislation and supporting those who live in, volunteer with and manage community associations.
In an effort to help constituents, all too often [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Meet the CFPB</title>
		<link>http://www.cai-padelval.org/athome/2012/01/17/meet-the-cfpb/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 19:47:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tony Campisi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In 2010, Congress created the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to serve as the nation’s “cop on the beat” to protect consumers from harmful financial products. Officially opened for business on July 22, 2011, the CFPB is now responsible for enforcing most federal financial consumer protection laws.
CAI’s members have a keen interest in the development [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Joint State Government Commission Issues Report</title>
		<link>http://www.cai-padelval.org/athome/2012/01/03/joint-state-government-commission-issues-report/</link>
		<comments>http://www.cai-padelval.org/athome/2012/01/03/joint-state-government-commission-issues-report/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 21:03:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tony Campisi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Pennsylvania Joint State Government Commission released its report on Common Interest Ownership Communities in late December and while the commission&#8217;s report falls short in certain goals outlined in the legislature&#8217;s resolution, the report is full of useful information and recommendations for community associations and policymakers in Pennsylvania.
The commission was not able to produce a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More Housing Uncertainty in 2012</title>
		<link>http://www.cai-padelval.org/athome/2011/12/20/more-housing-uncertainty-in-2012/</link>
		<comments>http://www.cai-padelval.org/athome/2011/12/20/more-housing-uncertainty-in-2012/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 14:52:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tony Campisi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[CAI members know that 2011 saw the beginning of the federal government’s effort to rebuild our mortgage finance system in the wake of the worst housing and economic crisis since the Great Depression. As Congress and a host of federal agencies worked through this process, hundreds of pages of proposed regulations were drafted and issued [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Silent Auctions to Benefit CAI&#8217;s Legislative Advocacy Efforts</title>
		<link>http://www.cai-padelval.org/athome/2011/11/29/silent-auctions-to-benefit-cais-legislative-advocacy-efforts/</link>
		<comments>http://www.cai-padelval.org/athome/2011/11/29/silent-auctions-to-benefit-cais-legislative-advocacy-efforts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 16:14:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tony Campisi</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Chapter Programs]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[CAI&#8217;s Pennsylvania Legislative Action Committee is asking you not  to be silent – but to yell out and tell us that you will help and donate  an item to the LAC&#8217;s Silent Auctions!
The PA-LAC needs desperately to raise funds to support CAI’s legislative advocacy efforts. The primary goal of the PA-LAC is to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Federal Housing Administration’s (FHA) Condominium Guidelines</title>
		<link>http://www.cai-padelval.org/athome/2011/11/17/federal-housing-administration%e2%80%99s-fha-condominium-guidelines/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2011 15:06:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tony Campisi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The ever-changing FHA Condominium Guidelines continued to create problems for many CAI members in 2011. Despite the challenges, CAI was able to work with FHA to amend some of the FHA lending criteria even as FHA released new policy that created new obstacles for condominium associations. 
In June of 2011, FHA issued major revisions to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CAI Applauds Congressional Input on Mortgage Issues</title>
		<link>http://www.cai-padelval.org/athome/2011/11/14/cai-applauds-congressional-input-on-mortgage-issues/</link>
		<comments>http://www.cai-padelval.org/athome/2011/11/14/cai-applauds-congressional-input-on-mortgage-issues/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2011 14:16:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tony Campisi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Congressional leaders are expressing serious reservations about Federal Housing Administration&#8217;s (FHA) mortgage-approval policies for condominiums-policies that are the source of mounting confusion and angst for condominium boards, homeowners and real estate agents nationwide.  
Community Associations Institute (CAI) says these policies are preventing many potential buyers from obtaining FHA-backed loans to purchase homes in those communities, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Philadelphia City Council Moves on Condo Trash Bill</title>
		<link>http://www.cai-padelval.org/athome/2011/10/18/philadelphia-city-council-moves-on-condo-trash-bill/</link>
		<comments>http://www.cai-padelval.org/athome/2011/10/18/philadelphia-city-council-moves-on-condo-trash-bill/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Oct 2011 17:37:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tony Campisi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Finance Committee of Philadelphia&#8217;s City Council held a hearing on Tuesday, October 18, 2011 at City Hall on Bill 110130 which would provide a credit against the tax for owners of condominiums,  cooperatives and planned community units who do not receive regular  City refuse, recycling and bulk item collection services. After lengthy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mortgage Matters Progress Report</title>
		<link>http://www.cai-padelval.org/athome/2011/10/18/mortgage-matters-progress-report/</link>
		<comments>http://www.cai-padelval.org/athome/2011/10/18/mortgage-matters-progress-report/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Oct 2011 17:32:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tony Campisi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The challenges presented by the wave of federal regulatory proposals that are reshaping the mortgage finance system made the summer of 2011 one of the busiest advocacy periods in the history of CAI. At stake is the health and marketability of the more than 24 million homes in community associations. CAI and our members, working [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FHA Reignites Transfer Fee Battle</title>
		<link>http://www.cai-padelval.org/athome/2011/09/20/fha-reignites-transfer-fee-battle/</link>
		<comments>http://www.cai-padelval.org/athome/2011/09/20/fha-reignites-transfer-fee-battle/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Sep 2011 16:03:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tony Campisi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Federal Housing Administration (FHA) has announced its plans to disqualify condominium associations from FHA financing if the association charges a deed-based transfer fee at time of sale. This would put FHA at odds with the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), which earlier this year determined that such fees benefit community associations and do not [...]]]></description>
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