REPORT:SURFSIDE CONDO LACKED FUNDS FOR REPAIRS
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By Casey Tolan, Curt Devine and Francesca Giuliani-Hoffman, CNN
An independent budget review warned the Champlain Towers South condo association that its financial reserves were critically underfunded in the face of urgently needed structural repairs a little over a year before the building collapsed, a document obtained by CNN shows.
The condo association only had 6.9% of the recommended level of money to complete repair and replacement projects and stay financially secure, according to a March 2020 report from Association Reserves, a company that analyzes housing association finances.
The report said that various components of the Surfside, Florida, building had zero years of “remaining useful life.” Those included the entrance and garage — where some experts believe concrete cracking may have contributed to last month’s deadly collapse.