MEEB Newsletter Feburary 2025
QUORUM OBTAINED?
PROBLEM: Our condo board does not always meet the quorum required to make decisions at board meetings.
MEEB Newsletter Janurary 2025
Written by Amanda on . Posted in BOT, Cambridge, Owners Area, Pull Up a Chair, Residents General.
NEW MASSACHUSETTS LAW CREATES A STATEWIDE RIGHT TO CHARGE ELECTRIC VEHICLES
CONDO BOARDS CAN’T BAN CHARGING STATIONS
When Boston and Cambridge enacted “right-to-charge” ordinances in 2019 and 2022, respectively, codifying the rights of electric vehicle owners to install charging stations in multi-family buildings, industry executives predicted that Massachusetts lawmakers would eventually follow suit. They were right.
A sweeping climate bill enacted at the end of last year includes a statewide “right to charge” provision, prohibiting condominium associations and homeowners’ associations from banning or unreasonably restricting the installation of charging stations in areas used exclusively by owners. The state law closely tracks the language in the local ordinances, with a few tweaks clarifying the authority of HOAs and condo associations to review installations and to regulate them. We’ve compiled the following list of FAQs to help condominium boards understand and comply with the new law.