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  Task Force II

  by gvito, 11 months ago
  I watched the third Task Force meeting and thought it was a little disjointed, but good information was presented. I see a couple of glaring problems. The latest meeting seemed to be pointing toward requiring reserve studies and mandated levels of funding of the reserves based on the study, but the previous two meetings mainly discussed keeping the monthly assessments low and making it harder to pass a special assessment for any reason. Adding to that were the comments heard at prior meetings regarding the financial burden placed on HOAs by HB22-1137. I believe a direct quote was, "The HOA... Continue reading
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  Something Is Terribly Wrong

  by Ruth Carroll, 11 months ago

  This will be the last post I make here. With great sadness.

  The Task Force meeting yesterday showed us the mess we are in. And why it will just get worse and worse. Think of history. When human beings suffer abysmal unfairness, they may cave for the time being. But all the pain this system causes will eventually result in ugly trouble.

  This Task Force was called to discuss homeowner rights. But even the simplest and most basic right--to know what you are buying, to know what you are getting into!--was denied them yesterday, through the oldest of political tricks... Continue reading
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  Dereliction of Duty by our Governor and Legislature

  by Robert Racansky, 11 months ago
  

  Homeowners associations have been called private governments because they do many things that governments do. HOAs hold elections, provide services, tax residents, and regulate behavior within their jurisdictions, but as legal entities, they are not governments.

  To raise revenue for goods and services, HOAs lack taxing authority but not the power to charge assessments, which makes their inability to tax more a legal distinction than a real constraint. HOAs’ enforcement powers for failure to pay assessments equal those of local governments and allow them to place liens or foreclose on property, a power that the courts have upheld repeatedly.

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  Is anyone reading the homeowners comments?!!

  by Patricia, 11 months ago
  I agree with Ruth Carroll about today's Task Force meeting!

  What a waste of time.

  I applaud Connie Van Dorn for trying to reign in the members to focus on the issues, but it's not happening.

  I kept waiting for ANYONE to mention the complaints that have been submitted here by homeowners, but no one did.

  Things are getting worse and worse, we are being robbed, many are losing their homes and no one is doing anything about it.
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  This Is a Shockingly Bad Use of Taxpayers Money

  by Ruth Carroll, 11 months ago

  I am a homeowner.

  I am listening to the Task Force.

  The idea was that this Task Force would address homeowner rights and homeowner problems.

  Someone giving a talk on Reserve Studies--as good as this talk may be--is a shockingly bad use of the Task Force's time.

  Where are the reactions to the many comments homeowners bravely made in this space? Homeowners were ENCOURAGED by this Task Force to submit comments and suggestions. One of the last comments observed that this Task Force did not seem to be aware that homeowners are not just a bunch of 'whiners" but in... Continue reading
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  Water Damage From Shared Kitchen Line Backed Up - HOA Says I Need to Pay For the Damage...

  by Matt Molloy, 11 months ago

  I went out last Sunday morning to run some errands, and came home to a puddle of water from my kitchen sink all the way out to my living room.

  I live on the first floor. The shared kitchen line was clogged and backed up what I'd call 'garbage disposal' water to my unit. Fortunately I got home before the sinks overflowed, however the reverse pressure coming up the line caused leaking from the seal underneath my sink basket, which is where the water flowed out onto my floor. This seal has never leaked before.

  Last year we had a... Continue reading
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  Missing $700 K from HOA funds

  by ClemensJA, 11 months ago
  My HOA has a large reserve fund which the Covenants require be kept invested. The Board in fact has never invested this money in any way, despite having a published policy requiring it, signed by the current Board president. He says he is too busy to possible invest this money for several years (it has been sitting in a non interest bearing account for the last DECADE). We have no way to force the Board to invest this money aside from a very expensive lawsuit that homeowners cannot afford. Our dues have increased 214% with no increase in services. We... Continue reading
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  HOA's need oversight- some are not operating within the laws

  by Patricia, 11 months ago
  I have attended several of the Task Force and DORA meetings and it seems that some of the members of the Task Force do not understand that the homeowners are not just a bunch of whiners & we are having very real issues.

  Our HOA has passed Special Assessments for frivolous projects, claiming the projects were on the Reserve Study. After finally getting a copy of the said Reserve Study we saw that these projects were not on there.

  The HOA management company would not answer questions from the homeowners and eventually the manager told me that the homeowners were... Continue reading
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  Go hug your volunteer HOA board members

  by SSDD, 11 months ago

  I posted an earlier story to recognize the positive side of HOAs and how homeowners are part of the solution as well. To add to this, here is additional insight form a volunteer HOA board member.

  To be frank, most homeowners are just simply lazy when it comes to their HOA. Usually their only interaction with the HOA is when they complain about something or get a letter stating they need to address an issue. They pay their HOA dues and believe all should be perfect. What they don’t realize is most HOAs are headed by a group of volunteers... Continue reading
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  Recognize the positive efforts by HOAs and how homeowners are part of the solution

  by SSDD, 11 months ago

  I have been a volunteer HOA board member in 3 different HOAs across two states, and I am currently in a HOA board member in Colorado. These have all been in subdivisions with stand-alone homes so I am commenting from this perspective.

  Where I see HOAs fail is HOA board members forget they are representing their entire subdivision and start to pursue their own personal agenda and/or tend to be very rigid with HOA rules. I’m not certain how to improve this, but I have always been a proponent of interpreting HOA rules and regulations as the spirit of the... Continue reading