By Omar Lewis — August 23, 2013 PFLUGERVILLE, Texas (KXAN) – A homeowner is up in arms after he says his neighborhood association crossed the line. The HOA even admits that a previous board used Google satellite technology to scope out … Continue reading
August 22, 2013 — By Anthony Austin HIDEAWAY LAKE (KYTX) – The Hideaway Lake Homeowners’ Association meeting got off to an interesting start Thursday night. It appeared to be a homeowners’ board divided among a confused community. “This community needs to … Continue reading
kxan.com: Chalk drawing draws citation from HOA By Omar Lewis — August 22, 2013 BUDA, Texas (KXAN) – In many neighborhoods, playful, colorful sidewalk chalk art is a summertime staple. But in one Hays County neighborhood, parents are finding out their … Continue reading
The Police News: Homeowners Claim HOA Board Mishandling Funds, Intimidating Residents Friendswood, Texas August 22, 2013 — By Breck Porter Friendswood — The owners of 20 homes in the Frenchman’s Creek Townhome Community in Friendswood suffered extensive damages from Hurricane Ike … Continue reading
wsvn.com: Help Me Howard: Therapy Dog vs Condo August 7, 2013 — By Patrick Fraser Some people with a disability medication or constant doctors visits and some people find relief with a therapy dog. That’s what was helping one South Florida … Continue reading
The Sun Sentinel: Broward sues condo over alleged discrimination against woman, 90, and her service dog By Susannah Bryan — August 15, 2013 A condo on Galt Ocean Mile discriminated against a 90-year-old blind woman and her service dog Nittany, … Continue reading
August 11, 2013 By JEFF GERMAN LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL In the grand scheme of the millions of dollars the Vistana homeowners association lost because of corrupt board members, $356,000 is not a lot of money to get back. But the … Continue reading
The Daily Progress: Ex-Hollymead treasurer charged with embezzlement “They asked us to not make the audit public and to not even talk about it at cocktail parties because it could lower our property values,” Moruza said August 13, 2013 — By … Continue reading
Herald-Tribune.com: Protest eyed at Venice condo barring unmarried couples August 15, 2013 — Staff Report VENICE – UPDATE… Word is spreading on social network websites that protestors are expected today at Casa Di Amici, the condominium complex in Venice that has barred gay and other … Continue reading
wsoctv.com: Homeowner, facing foreclosure, files lawsuit over HOA late fees August 9, 2013 — By Eric Philips CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A local family is now facing foreclosure after they racked up thousands of dollars in late homeowner association fees at their … Continue reading
The Seattle Times: Clothesline crusaders call laundry flap overblown By Nancy Bartley — August 14, 2013 A red sheet, a collection of white socks and a vintage bra or two flap in the breeze on Ella Burnham’s backyard clothesline in North … Continue reading
Neighbors at War!: Is it possible you are not really an American? Posted on August 11, 2013 by Ward Lucas OK, quick! Give me a definition of “United States citizen.” I really mean it, give me the shortest possible definition of citizenship. Hard? It shouldn’t … Continue reading
Grand jury indicts woman for $300,000 theft from condominium association By Gene Hartley posted August 6, 2013 SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — A woman is accused of stealing a large amount of money from the place where she worked in Branson. In a … Continue reading
myfoxphilly.com: Over A Hundred Come Out To Support Vet In Fight To Fly US Flag August 8, 2013 Georgia – There was a moving show of patriotism at the Helton’s McDonough home, as one man’s fight to display an American … Continue reading
By Morse Diggs — August 7, 2013 MCDONOUGH, Ga. -A 92-year-old Air Force veteran is fighting to get his homeowners association to allow him to fly the American flag outside his home. John Helton, who served in three wars, lives with his wife … Continue reading
August 3, 2013 — Written by Colin Atagi The Desert Sun PALM DESERT — The $2.7 million awarded to a Palm Desert homeowners association in a lawsuit against its engineering firm will be used to install a new drainage system and reimburse the … Continue reading
By Michael Sasso | Tribune Staff — July 28, 2013 TAMPA – Investors eager to snap up homes while they’re still cheap and rent them out may have a new obstacle to achieving real estate riches: homeowners associations growing anxious about the … Continue reading
August 1, 2013 — By JEFF GERMAN LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL It had the makings of a lucrative construction defect scheme. A California law firm, an architect and a construction company were conspiring to pack the homeowners association board at the … Continue reading
By Kenneth Dean — July 31, 2013 Smith County Sheriff’s Office detectives served a search warrant at the Hideaway Lake Club on Tuesday, but officials refuse to talk about the investigation. John Moore, the department’s public information officer, said no details … Continue reading
By Ben wallace — Advocate staff writer — July 26, 2013 Baton Rouge – A son of the owner of “The Original” Heroman’s Florist on Government Street is accused of stealing $29,000 from a local homeowners association to feed a … Continue reading
March 17, 2013 Lauren Ritchie, COMMENTARY Sixteen homes, 16 sets of panicked owners. The residents of a Leesburg subdivision that went belly up during the real-estate bust face a financial dilemma that’s the result of greedy investors, a failure by … Continue reading
Evan McKenzie: “… a criminal justice system with prosecutors but nodefense lawyers.”Published: Sunday, Jul. 28, 2013 – By Hudson Sangree Allen Campbell is a disabled former U.S. Marine pilot who, as a civilian working in Africa, helped rescue nuns and orphans during the … Continue reading
Saturday, July 27, 2013 — Pooja Lodhia HOUSTON (KTRK) — Residents in Pine Village North in northeast Houston are at odds with their homeowners association again. They took the board to court and reached a deal. Now, they say the deal … Continue reading
The Pike County Courier: The Problem With Planned Communities “No teeth” in Planned Community Act Published July 25, 2013 — By Jerry Goldberg DINGMAN — Planned communities, which make up of lion’s share of new development in Pike County, come … Continue reading
By Loni Blandford — July 22, 2013 Las Vegas, NV (KTNV) – Many believe homeowners associations help keep communities visually appealing. But how far is too far? One Southern Highlands homeowner says it comes down to counting trees. They’re a setting for … Continue reading
Posted on: 8:14 pm, July 22, 201 by Alix Bryan and Shelby Brown CHESTERFIELD, Va. (WTVR)–A garden could soon cost a Chesterfield family a lot of money, because their patch of flowers and vegetables has upset the homeowner’s association. Chris Gilson loves his … Continue reading
Posted: Tuesday July 16, 2013 “… There is therefore a deep conflict in the lower courts.” Thanks to “Right to Own” for this alert: The Volokh Conspiracy (a libertarian law professor blog) reports that The Cato Institute, a libertarian think … Continue reading
By: Timothy M. Hogan, Joy E. Herr-Cardillo Posted: July 16, 2013 SB1454 Staropoli & Brown v. State of Arizona, CV 2013-009991, July 16, 2013Arizona Center for Law in the Public Interest, Attorneys for the Plaintiffs NATURE OF THE ACTION 1. This … Continue reading
Posted: 07/04/2013 12:01:00 AM MDT By Matthew Patane The Denver Post Colorado homeowners associations will face stricter standards on debt collections and manager licensing under legislation passed this year. That legislation was prompted, in part, by multiple ” horror stories” from … Continue reading
Las Vegas Review-Journal: Hearings to address 3.1 million pages of documents July 9, 2013 — By JEFF GERMAN Two federal magistrates on Wednesday are to take up the subject of the massive evidence in the long-running criminal investigation into corruption … Continue reading
Orlando Sentinel: Arrested developer resigns from Bimini Bay HOA By Mary Shanklin posted – July 1, 2013 Beleaguered homeowner-association president David Meadows, who has been arrested twice for stealing from his half-built community’s HOA, has resigned just as a new state … Continue reading
Orlando police seize firearms and silencers from head of the Fine and Hearing Violations committee. By Henry Pierson Curtis posted July 5, 2013 A resident watching fireworks explode late Thursday over The Hamptons at MetroWest on Turkey Lake said she feared … Continue reading
Association leaders learn how to help police – “… sometimes gangs may infiltrate the private security firms that work in these communities…” By CAMILO H. SMITH — Pocono Record Writer — June 30, 2013 “Welcome to the Poconos. Welcome to the home of … Continue reading
‘First Step’ legislation goes into effect July 1 Author: Mike Holfeld, Problem Solver, [email protected] Published On: Jun 28 2013 11:14:07 PM EDT ORLANDO,Fla. – Effective Monday July 1 a new H.O.A. reform bill goes into effect essentially ending the run of so called … Continue reading
By: Dave Biscobing Mark LaMet Posted: 06/20/2013 PHOENIX – Thousands of Arizona families have lost their homes to illegal foreclosures. Illegal foreclosures are based on forged, faked and phony documents. According to Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne, “There’s been a major, really … Continue reading
By David Pierce — Pocono Record Writer — June 21, 2013 A new $175 association fee for renters in A Pocono Country Place will destroy the businesses of landlords who cater to vacationers, a landlords’ group told the APCP Board. The Pocono Country Place … Continue reading
Posted: 3:33 p.m. Saturday, June 15, 2013 By Frank Cerabino — Palm Beach Post Staff Writer Robert Kortenhaus was hoping I could get to the bottom of his problem. “I do not own boxer shorts and have never worn boxer shorts in … Continue reading
by Rucks Russell / KHOU 11 News — Posted on May 21, 2013 at 9:36 AM HOUSTON—After fighting for his country, a Houston homeowner said he’s been forced to fight his HOA to fly his American flag. “Only me,” said … Continue reading
From the 2013 Texas Legislative Session — Posted June 19, 2013 “On Friday, Texas Governor Perry signed into law protection for owners of second lots, and codified the definition of “Residential Purpose” in the Texas Property Code. By signing into … Continue reading
By Dorothy M. Atkins — Tuesday June 18, 2013 When rich condo owners fight it out over money and property, it’s not a pretty sight.The ugliness — a sliding condo market, mystery phone calls and accusations of fraud — belies … Continue reading
by Mike Masnick — Tuesday, March 26th 2013 from the but-of-course dept I’m not sure what it is about “Homeowners Associations” (HOAs), but I can’t recall ever coming across one which didn’t involve all sorts of acrimony. A few years back, I lived in … Continue reading
George K. Staropoli — June 9, 2013 The following topics have been proposed as issues of substance for the National HOA Member Citizens League Study Committees, Have homeowners given their consent to agree to the governing documents and to the waiver or … Continue reading
Peter Jamison — June 1, 2013 CLEARWATER — Ivan “Van” Farber, 68, careens through suburban traffic beneath a Florida sky the color of ash and indigo, squinting against the wind as his convertible speeds and slows. Farber’s is a face that … Continue reading
June 7, 2013 By JEFF GERMAN LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL Justice Department lawyers say they have turned over more than 1.5 million pages of documents to defense lawyers in the sweeping investigation into the scheme to take over Las Vegas Valley … Continue reading
By Susan Chiappone — June 7, 2013 SILVER CREEK – Residents on a stretch of Stewart Avenue in Hanford Bay are going to court to force the Town of Hanover to maintain that section of the road. Robert Whalen, one of … Continue reading
By Lauren Gilger — June 6, 2013 MESA, AZ – A routine Homeowner’s Association meeting at Superstition Lakes Condominiums in Mesa turned ugly recently. One of the homeowners, Kathleen Daurio, said her phone was hit out of her hand and her … Continue reading
By Wayne K. Roustan and Erika Pesantes June 5, 2013 Luck finally ran out for a Pembroke Pines condo association president accused of gambling away the community’s maintenance money at a casino. Nancy Marquez, 58, was arrested on charges she stole $148,012 from the … Continue reading