HOA Homeowners' Rights Task Force

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  Thoughts on Meeting Yesterday

  by gvito, 10 months ago

  The Task Force meetings seem to be an exercise in futility. After speaking for hours, it seems that there are two sides which can never agree nor even admit the other side may have a point. For certain those who title themselves "Homeowners' Advocates", seem to only advocate for a small percentage of homeowners--those who fail to pay their assessments.

  I absolutely understand that there are issues with over-zealous covenant enforcement by some Boards, but how is trying to get delinquent owners to pay over-zealous? I live in a condo association with no extra amenities. Thus, those who do not... Continue reading
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  Not Petty and the Homebreakers II

  by Robert Racansky, 10 months ago
  

  
  

  
  

  If it's in your covenants, it's not petty. It's a covenant that you agreed to comply with when you moved into the association. There is a responsibility to follow the rules and to pay the assessments.
  - Lallis Jackson. H.O.A. Task Farce. January 16, 2024.
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyDa3Rh0J4U @ T+2:48:43

  
  

  Nashville, Tennessee. The frantic cry still haunts Monica Meeker.

  It punctured the darkness as she and her husband lay in bed at the end of a fun-filled day celebrating daughter Camilla’s third birthday last October.

  She rushed to her daughter’s bedroom and found her hanging from a window, the cord from the... Continue reading
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  SB 11-234 Transfer fee ban

  by Summerbreeze , 10 months ago

  It would be desirable if someone could explain who is exempt from transfer fees. Our POA started charging a transfer fee and status letter fee in 2023. We do not have a tranfer fee covenant or any mention of transfer fees in our POA documents. These fees showed up in real estate closing transactions with no input from the membership. I believe that the board should have given the members the right to decide whether the buyer/seller pays or to split the cost and decide how much these fees should be if any. 33.3-317(1)(h.5) requires that homeowners associations disclose this... Continue reading
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  ..."good actors and good payors"...

  by whoownsmyhome, 10 months ago

  There is a name for a system of governance where the state (HOA/Community Management) subjugates the individual (house owner) not only economically but by attitude and beliefs. As I've listened to these many webinars and discussions, one cannot escape the overriding conclusion, there is no authentic or genuine understanding of the problems house owners face. Economically, we are seen as the bottomless well of assessments. We have no voice in those assessments. Even as I write this in February 2024, my HOA has no financial statement available since October of 2023. We have no posted budget for 2024 although assessments... Continue reading
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  Lost Meeting Minutes

  by HOA United, 10 months ago

  RE: Homeowners' Rights Task Force Meeting on Friday, February 2, 2024

  During today's meeting, Task Force member Lallis Jackson who represents her business "Integrity HOA" and who, per her company website, holds several community association management designations from CAI and CAMICB including CMCA, AMS and PCAM, stated the following:

  [meeting minutes] "if they get lost they get lost and that does happen"

  THAT'S NOT OK. 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♀️
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  Another reason CCOIA must allow homeowners to exit an HOA, From WBRZ, LA

  by Liam in Broomfield, 10 months ago

  Livingston Parish residents in the Foxglove subdivision finding out they may never take over their homeowners association.

  Foxglove homes went on the market in 2020 and the neighborhood was in the process of building more homes. Residents bought their homes under the impression of purchasing a good quality home, and eventually taking over the HOA once construction was complete.

  Residents say neither turned out to be true.

  a resident of Foxglove said, she had multiple problems with doors, flooring and other amenities not even a year into owning the house. She said other major problems she had was a gas... Continue reading
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  HB 24-1158

  by Frank Wille, 10 months ago

  HB 24-1158 was introduced in the House on 31 Jan. Part of your charter was to look at foreclosures and specifically at the procedures outlined in HB 22-1137 and make recommendations on what’s working and what’s not. The introduction of this Bill before you’ve even discussed foreclosures implies that your input is irrelevant, especially since the Bill’s sponsor is one of your Task Force members. Why was your Task Force member in such a rush to introduce the Bill?
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  HB24-1158

  by lynndougherty, 10 months ago
  Our HOA received notification today of this pending bill regarding foreclosures. My question is why a task force meeting is being held tomorrow on foreclosures if legislation is already in the mill?

  This seems like a complete waste of time. Why does the task force exist, if the legislators (one who is a member of the task force) are already proposing a new bill on the same subject.
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  Use of Attorney to Threaten and Falsely Accuse

  by PaulG, 10 months ago

  There are many examples I could give of duplicitous actions by the HOA Board at Hampden Court 80231, but this latest goes way beyond the pale. This month there was a water leak in my kitchen. I contacted my Homeowner's Insurance who sent out a mitigation company to assess and stop the leak if possible. The water was turned off in the kitchen, and then three days later a plumber was able to fix the leak. There are still paper towels under the sink that prove there is no more leaking. I did not hear from the renter or the... Continue reading
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  Not Petty and the Homebreakers

  by Robert Racansky, 10 months ago
  

  If it's in your covenants, it's not petty. It's a covenant that you agreed to comply with when you moved into the association. There is a responsibility to follow the rules and to pay the assessments.
  - Lallis Jackson. H.O.A. Task Farce. January 16, 2024.
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyDa3Rh0J4U @ T+2:48:43

  You can't make a Community Association omelette without breaking a few homeowners.

  Ask Val Ford whether a homeowners association can do harm, and he will respond that his destroyed his health and wealth.
  
  Ford, 72, and his wife, Ann, are on the verge of losing their home after the Master HOA for... Continue reading