WFAA.com: Frisco transitional living home reaches settlement with HOA Details of the agreement are sealed. By Jobin Panicker January 1, 2015 FRISCO — A transitional home for homeless women has come under much scrutiny in Frisco, but now a settlement … Continue reading
Williamsburg Yorktown Daily: Riverwalk Townes Residents Left with Unanswered Questions By Marie Albiges December 28, 2014 York County officials digging into the issue of an unfinished subdivision in Yorktown have yet to answer citizens’ questions about when their streets and … Continue reading
MIAMI HERALD: Two agree to testify against executives in Cay Clubs fraud case Cay Clubs …sought to sell individual units to investors as condo-hotels. By Kevin Wadlow December 25, 2014 Plea agreements signed by two top sales executives with the … Continue reading
Posted: Thursday, January 1, 2015 1:15 am By: Tom LaVenture – The Garden Island A Kilauea condo owner is claiming fraud and substantial interference with property rights over what he calls an illegally revised property regime. Paul Nguyen and Kim … Continue reading
By: Eric Glasser, WTSP Posted: December 30, 2014 Some neighbors in a small Citrus Park community are offended by what they call racist, offensive comments made in their quarterly newsletter. Gina Ceglio and her partner Nicole Owen have complained about … Continue reading
Posted: December 30, 2014 In a published decision issued last month, the Washington Court of Appeals affirmed a trial court’s application of a one-year statute of limitation contained in the Washington Condominium Act. The section of the Act governing declaration … Continue reading
Posted:December 27, 2014 Governor Pat Quinn signs a new law that will help protect condominium owners across the state. The bill creates a position within The Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation to help resolve disputes and to educate … Continue reading
By Jim McConnell STAFF WRITER Posted: December 24, 2014 They were unable to prevent their homeowners association from completing a controversial land purchase last week, but several Woodlake residents insist they’ve only just begun to fight for the future of … Continue reading
Posted: December 22, 2014 By JOHN BURNETT Hawaii Tribune-Herald The board of apartment owners of a beleaguered Banyan Drive condominium has worked out a plan with the county to pay off more than $100,000 in delinquent sewer bills. In a … Continue reading
THE SACRAMENTO BEE: West Sacramento council OKs development – without gated entry By Darrell Smith 12/30/2014 West Sacramento leaders at year’s end were faced with a simple question: Gates or no gates. Rocklin-based Mandarich Developments wants to build 222 single-family … Continue reading
FLATHEAD BEACON: Whitefish Subdivision Seeks Intervention in Lawsuit Over Gated Communities Permanent gates on Mountainside Drive put on hold while groups resolve lawsuit against city By Tristan Scott December 31, 2014 A group of homeowners who oppose gated communities in … Continue reading
Las Vegas Review-Journal: Las Vegas HOA corruption trial stays in Las Vegas December 24, 2014 By JEFF GERMAN LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL A federal magistrate judge issued a decision Wednesday denying a defense bid to move the homeowners association corruption trial … Continue reading
Lexington Herald-Leader: U.S. Department of Justice sues Andover Forest neighborhood association in playhouse dispute By Beth Musgrave December 26, 2014 The U.S. Department of Justice has sued a Lexington neighborhood association, alleging it discriminated and retaliated against a family who built … Continue reading
By: Cassie Carlisle Posted/Updated 6:13 PM, Dec 20, 2014 11:23 PM, Dec 20, 201 A resident in a West Bakersfield condominium complex is speaking out after getting fed up waiting over six months to get his roof fixed. “I’ll wake up … Continue reading
The Baltimore Sun: City says ‘forged or altered’ document resulted in $2 million tax break for condos As a result, two dozen condo owners face higher property tax bills of roughly $10,000 a year. By Luke Broadwater December 12, 2014 … Continue reading
Reno Gazette-Journal: Letter: HOAs are callous busybodies By Elizabeth Beck December 14, 2014 As I drive through my Ridgeview neighborhood, I reflect on the HOA. I admire the beautiful lights because this year we will have none. The hypocrisy is … Continue reading
Las Vegas Review-Journal: Woman charged with lying to authorities in HOA case By Jeff German December 10, 2014 Justice Department lawyers are not finished bringing criminal charges in the massive scheme to take over Las Vegas area homeowners associations. Stephanie … Continue reading
KVVU-TV: Homeowners, HOA to rumble over street strips By Elizabeth Watts December 16, 2014 LAS VEGAS (FOX5) – It’s a case of homeowners versus a homeownerassociation. The association recently installed rumble strips inside the gated Providence neighborhood in northwest Las … Continue reading
Waltham News Tribune: Waltham woman pleads guilty to embezzling $350K from condo complex By Ryan Grannan-Doll December 19, 2014 A Waltham woman admitted over the summer to embezzling about $350,000 from a condominium complex, according to the Middlesex District Attorney’s … Continue reading
Star Advertiser: Former condo management head indicted on theft charges By Rob Shikina December 5, 2014 The fired CEO of one of the largest condominium association management companies in Hawaii is accused of allegedly stealing more than $125,000 from three … Continue reading
Summit Daily: Keystone HOA’s financial admin charged with embezzlement By Ben Trollinger December 5, 2014 Robert Dwight Polich, 62, the longtime financial administrator for a Keystone homeowners association, was arrested on Dec. 2 and charged with embezzling about $160,000 from … Continue reading
By Ken Amaro December 1, 2014 ORANGE PARK, Fla. — Oakleaf Plantation is a community where property owners pay homeowners association dues. But what if the property owner rents his home and fails to pay those dues? “I’m kind of … Continue reading
Neighbors at War: HOA War in North Carolina By Ward Lucas November 28, 2014 North Carolina is certainly a state where the HOA system has gotten way out of control. Fortunately, outspoken advocates like Ole Madsen (HEAR4NC.org) are articulating the … Continue reading
WWAYTV3.COM: Townhome Owners: ‘It’s just not adding up’ By Makenzi Henderson November 25, 2014 WINNABOW, NC (WWAY) — If you move into a neighborhood in the Cape Fear, you’ll probably be part of a homeowners association. While there are benefits, like … Continue reading
By WCTI Staff POSTED: 11:13 PM Nov 18 2014 UPDATED: 11:13 PM Nov 18 2014 Carolina Plantations residents are fighting against a parking change that authorizes towing for cars parked along neighborhood streets. The change went into effect several months ago with signs … Continue reading
By Frank Lovece Published: Nov. 21, 2014 In the great big playground of life, co-ops and condos are the sandbox, or maybe the tree house. Either way, the kids playing there mostly get along and mostly determine their own workable … Continue reading
By Jason Marks Published: November 20, 2014, 11:37 pm VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WAVY) – A contentious relationship between a Virginia Beach condo association and its residents ended with a vote Thursday night to replace the board members. … Continue reading
Posted: 11/24/2014 by BuckleySandler LLP Recently, a federal district court held that a homeowners association (HOA) foreclosure sale is not valid against HUD-insured loans. The District Court noted that the Ninth Circuit has held that federal rather than state law applies in … Continue reading
ORLANDO SENTINEL: Another golf course closes, leaving residents wondering what’s next By Beth Kassab November 13, 2014 Seems like this is starting to become an every day occurrence. Another golf course closed. This time Rock Springs Ridge in Apopka. Residents in … Continue reading
Orlando Sentinel: Legal fights drag on over environmentally friendly landscaping By Kevin Spear November 15, 2014 An Orange County family sued in 2012 by a neighborhood association for planting environmentally friendly landscaping is still fighting the civil action. “It’s ridiculous … Continue reading
Sun Sentinel: Residents ask court to remove 3 HOA board members http://www.sun-sentinel.com/local/broward/fl-lawsuit-tamarac-hoa-20141117-story.html “Residents of a 55-plus neighborhood are so fed up with four members of their homeowners association board that they are asking a judge to help remove them. Nearly 75 … Continue reading
MMDNEWSWIRE.COM: Naples Man Sues Village Walk Homeowners Association Board of Directors failed to disclose information requested by (homeowner) Chumbley November 17, 2014 NAPLES (MMD Newswire) November 17, 2014 — The Board of Directors at Village Walk of Naples, a gated community … Continue reading
Our annual report on new legislation already in effect in 2014 and newly effective as of January 1, 2015 focuses largely on CC&R overrides and physical changes to common area and owners’ units and lots in common interest developments. These … Continue reading
Negotiating a check which indicates “payment in full,” may estop the Association from collecting any more funds from that owner, regardless if they legally owe more. Recently, a Florida Appellate Court ruled that an Association’s cashing of a check which … Continue reading
WXYZ Detroit: Homeowners association pulls plug on Waterford woman’s Volt By Jeff Vaughn November 5, 2014 (WXYZ) – Natalie Forte is eco-friendly and loves her Chevy Volt. But, her homeowners association doesn’t share her enthusiasm. The resident owns a condo … Continue reading
Posted November 9, 2014 If there were ever a doubt about the appropriateness of withholding building amenities from condominium owners in arrears, a recent court decision in New York City lays it to rest — and lays out what a … Continue reading
Is it religious discrimination or perhaps even a double standard? This is a News 4 Tucson Investigators follow up story about a family who was told by their Home Owner’s Association to take down a cross they had on their … Continue reading
By JEFF GERMAN LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL Posted November 3, 2014 A Las Vegas Review-Journal article about secret plea negotiations between Leon Benzer and federal prosecutors in the high-profile homeowners association investigation became the focus Monday of a defense bid to … Continue reading
By John Dzenitis Posted October 29, 2014 Residents at Ponte Verde Condominiums said the towing overnight was a money grab and the cars were taken for invalid reasons, but they’re finding that they have little legal recourse. If they don’t … Continue reading
POSTED 2:19 PM, OCTOBER 29, 2014, BY KENDALL DOWNING, UPDATED AT 11:31PM, OCTOBER 29, 2014 A central Indiana veteran and his wife tell us a dispute with their homeowners association (HOA) about their flag pole has been resolved. It will … Continue reading
LATIMES.com: Q&A HOA rejects late payments, opts to foreclose; is that legal? No third-party management company should ever have the ability to control titleholder payment history statements, and no board should have authority to contract those rights away. By Donie … Continue reading
CCFJ.NET: Tamarac retirement community rife with screaming matches, violence Homeowner’s association fight now spills into courtroom By Bob Norman November 8, 2014 TAMARAC — The Mainlands 3 in Tamarac used to be a very quiet senior community, packed with retirees … Continue reading
HeraldNet.com: Homeowners stuck with $15,500 sewer repair bill By Noah Haglund October 24, 2014 LYNNWOOD — The first whiff of a sewage problem at Ruth Crompton’s house arrived by mail. It came in the form of an Aug. 6 demand … Continue reading
First Coast News: Unpaid fees cost local man his home By Ken Amaro November 3, 2014 JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — It seems hard to believe that someone could lose their home for failing to pay late fees related to their community … Continue reading
KTNV: Coyote attack pits homeowner against HOA HOA: “Coyote rollers are not consistent within the Solera at Stallion Mountain design guidelines.” By Darcy Spears October 28, 2014 Las Vegas, NV (KTNV) — A devastated pet owner finds a simple solution … Continue reading
Las Vegas Review-Journal: Target of Las Vegas HOA investigation detailed scheme, bribes in secret document By Jeff German October 30, 2014 In the summer of 2011, Justice Department lawyers were wheeling and dealing behind closed doors with dozens of targets … Continue reading
Las Vegas Review-Journal: Lawyers in HOA scheme request trial be moved from Las Vegas By Jeff German October 31, 2014 Lawyers for defendants charged in the scheme to take over Las Vegas-area homeowners associations want the high-profile Feb. 23 trial … Continue reading
The Dallas Morning News: Residents express concern over proposed drug, alcohol recovery home By DANIEL HOUSTON Neighborsgo Published: 31 October 2014 On one of her regular strolls through the neighborhood, Richardson resident Jane McGehee noticed a “for sale” sign had … Continue reading
Tampa Bay Times: Wesley Chapel’s Bridgewater tries a pitching edge to find buyers By Lisa Buie October 12, 2014 WESLEY CHAPEL — When Bobby Martin suggested his homeowners association hire a public relations firm to help pull his neighborhood from … Continue reading
Dallas Morning News: Judge rules against Frisco HOA, allowing City House to operate while civil case is pending By Valerie Wigglesworth October 31, 2014 A district judge’s ruling on Friday effectively allows the nonprofit City House to operate its transitional … Continue reading