Egregious fines and lack of communication

I have been living in my condo for 29 years. Since we have had professional management (about 4 years), many residents have suffered from policies being interpreted differently than before. Everything is much more punitive and the board supports managements actions.

One incident in particular got my attention. A neighbor who was renting her condo was fined $500 for the actions of her tenant. I have no problem with that but the violation was no where to be found in our handbook that includes all of the policies. Residents were never told that this was a finable action. I talked with the President of the Board and he said that the HOA attorneys supported the action. I was never able to get an answers to my questions about how this works. I believe the board and management put this in the column of "egregious" but I'm not sure about that. It seems like for a very long time, legislation has been passed to support management and boards with nothing for residents even though we own our homes. I'm hoping to see some sort of resident Bill of Rights come from this Task Force effort. Also, a mandated communication policy would be wonderful. I've received on that I found on the internet and it was great!

Thank you for this opportunity to speak out. I'm happy to work on these issues if you need assistance and/or voices.