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As previously suggested, get the management office involved. Often times in area's like this, ownership of the problem becomes a bit ambiguous. Once the problem and cause are understood then ownership becomes a bit clearer. Once the problem is understood it also becomes clearer as to weather or not insurance is involved.

In the documentation and deed for the condo, it is spelled out as to who the owner of various elements of the structure are. With out seeing the documents it is impossible to comment.... with that said foundations are usually the responsibility of the association. However what constitutes the foundation could be interpreted differently based on the documentation. For example the foundation could be simply be the foundation walls, and the slab with in is treated differently.

Now some things to think about in regards to this crack....
- Is there water coming into the basement because of this?
- Is the crack continuing to grow?
- beyond being esthetically unpleasing is it causing any other issue?
All of these things and more should be documented, including all correspondence with the association, because if it becomes a mater of finger pointing and lawyers and courts need to get involved to settle out ownership, you want to be able to provide a documented account of it all....

With that all said, I have seen similar situations in condo's I have owned.... The process can move slowly, but in the end all parties usually end up happy. In the case I was involved, the condos where garden style.... the ground floor units where built on the slab, the slabs settled unevenly in several units....The slabs where considered part of the foundation and thus the associations issue.... however to fix the issue, flooring etc needed to be disturbed which was a unit owner issue....There was some bargaining back and forth between the owners and association, but in the end the association stated they would provide x amount of dollars towards the flooring, if the owners wanted something beyond the choices that the the association was going to pay for and have installed as part of the project.