Somewhere in Jamaica right now, a strata executive committee is receiving a letter. The letter is from the Commission of Strata Corporations (CSC), and it’s giving them notice of an upcoming inspection. For a well-managed corporation, that letter is manageable — a prompt to organise documents that are already in order. However, for a corporation without proper records or financial statements, that notice can feel very intimidating indeed. The CSC is the statutory body establi

Good strata governance is a shared responsibility. The executive committee cannot do it alone. Owners cannot do it alone. The managing agent cannot do it alone. It takes every stakeholder understanding his or her role — and playing it consistently — for the community to thrive financially and physically.