
House rules in housing cooperatives: who decides?
House rules in housing cooperatives and co-owner sections: who decides them, whether quiet hours are required by law, whether the board can forbid pets, and what a board warning means.
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House rules in housing cooperatives and co-owner sections: who decides them, whether quiet hours are required by law, whether the board can forbid pets, and what a board warning means.

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