Thomas Baker, the Daytona Beach Shores condo owner who complained about his building’s property insurance rate rocketing up 563% last year, took his concerns to Tallahassee this week.\ Unlike the lobbyists in their business suits, the 80-year-old Vietnam veteran and U.S. Army retiree wore his uniform to stand out in the Florida Capitol halls. Read […]
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Tidewater Landing Veterans Club installs flagpole at clubhouse (DE)
A welcome home can mean a lot of different things to different people, but comfort is one feeling most people seek from their home. Several veterans are residing in Tidewater Landing, a development that recently upgraded the cosmetics and durability of its sign, and felt something else was missing at the entrance to the development: […]
Hot Springs Village MOAA honors veterans with memorial bricks (AR)
New bricks were recently installed at the Hot Springs Village Veterans Memorial, located at the Ponce de Leon Center, 1101 DeSoto Blvd., which is the focal point for Veterans Day celebrations in Hot Springs Village along with military reunions and remembrance ceremonies. Read the article…………………………………….
Disabled veteran having trouble with local homeowners association after renovating home (GA)
“I don’t want to lose my house, I don’t understand what the big deal is about it, it’s just a fence,” said Quinton Walton, a 37-year-old Army veteran. He’s referring to his home in Midland. “My son is standing the chance to lose his home because the homeowners association for this subdivision, Garrett Creek, disapproves […]
Neighborhood bands together to revamp greenspace, honor veterans (IN)
To those living in the Ashwood neighborhood, the dot of land is known simply as “Gilligan’s Island.” And it had been in rough shape. A patch of grass, shrubs and half-dead trees, most considered it to be an eyesore. The more residents started talking, the more a plan to transform the space took shape. Read […]
9 Ways To Honor Fallen Veterans In The Community This Memorial Day
It is important to honor fallen veterans in the community this Memorial Day. By celebrating the contributions of veterans, you can help instill a feeling of patriotism and gratitude in your HOA. Not many communities, though, know where to begin. If you’re looking for ways to honor fallen veterans this holiday, you’ve come to the […]
Navy veteran fighting Jupiter community HOA to keep service dog off leash (FL)
A U.S. Navy veteran in Jupiter is in a battle with his homeowner’s association over the right to have his service dog off-leash in their neighborhood. Tim Durbin has PTSD and said his dog needs to be loose so she can respond when he has a medical emergency, but the HOA said it’s against the […]
Veteran fights to display US flag (NM)
An Albuquerque man who fought for our flag, in a new fight to fly it. Jon Barrie’s homeowner’s association, fining him for having the American flag on his house. Barrie’s lawyer reached out to KOAT for help with his issue. Read the article………………………..
5 Wonderful Ways To Honor Veterans In HOA Communities
Veterans Day holds a significant meaning in the United States. During this day, Americans take part in activities that support and celebrate veterans and military personnel. Here are some of the best ways to honor veterans in HOA communities. Read the article………………………..
Lake Wales HOA relents, allows American flag to fly in memory of local veterans (FL)
The HOA that voted against the idea, citing in part American flags flying in two other public areas, now has agreed to allow the flag to be raised over the horseshoe club. Old Glory was raised Tuesday, drawing cheers from a group of onlookers. Read the article………………………..
Tampa Bay HOA board’s heritage blamed for denying American flag in memory of local veterans (FL)
Residents of a Lake Wales gated community claim the nationality of HOA board members got in the way of understanding the importance of a request to fly an American flag in memory of recently deceased veterans. Read the article………………………..
Treasure Lake hosts dedication ceremony for Veterans Memorial (PA)
Overlooking the lake, it features granite monuments dedicated to the six branches of the U.S. military, as well as granite benches, a decorative retaining wall, landscaping and a brick walkway with stepping stones named for individuals who have served the country. Read the entire article……………………………….
HOA, veteran-led group dispute over neighborhood memorial improvements (TN)
A veterans memorial in Hendersonville’s Durham Farms neighborhood has created a dispute between a group of veterans and the homeowner’s association. The memorial is called the Veterans Walk, which is located at the entrance of the neighborhood. In June, the group decided to raise money to improve the memorial’s lighting. Read the entire article……………………………….
Rio Rancho veteran faces fines for flying flags in yard (NM)
Rio Rancho homeowner Michael Duty says he is fighting with his homeowner’s association over flags in his front yard. The Vietnam veteran believes he is being targeted because he decided to run for the HOA board in his neighborhood. Duty has lived in the neighborhood for nearly five years flying two flags outside his home, […]
Veteran Turns to Ted after months of waiting for HOA to approve disability accommodation (TX)
Miles began reaching out to the city to get approval for the work and had no issues there. But when he told his homeowner association he wanted to add just 24 inches to the sides of his driveway, he couldn’t get the approval. Read the entire article……………………………….
Fairhope veteran training new service dog amid legal battle with HOA (AL)
The legal battle between a Baldwin County veteran and his homeowner’s association continues as he claims the Fairhope Motorcoach Resort seeks to prevent him from having a service dog in the neighborhood. Read the entire article……………………………….
‘We won, but we lost’ | Air Force veteran still in fight with HOA over right to fly American flag (FL)
After spending tens of thousands of dollars and being forced to sell his home in the Sweetwater community, the court awarded Murphee a total of $1,223. Read the entire article……………………………….
Wiggins Lake property owners help Gladwin County veterans (MI)
The Wiggins Lake POA is giving the Gladwin County Veterans Relief Fund $5,000 on Monday, to help local veterans, particularly ones who are down on their luck. Read the entire article……………………………….
Veterans at Waterloo condo complex get new donated ramp (IA)
Mobility-challenged military veterans at the Regency North senior condo complex couldn’t curb their disdain for the steep curbside and front access to their building. For an old sailor like U.S Navy Korean War era veteran Duane Jaschen, it was pretty unnavigable. Read the entire article……………………………….
Oscoda Senior Condominium honors its residents who are veterans with event (MI)
Senior veterans living at the Oscoda Senior Condominiums were honored Sunday, May 30th with a dinner, awards, and live music. Several residents living at the condos cooked and provided a delicious dinner for the veterans. Plaques were made and awarded to each of the veterans. Read the entire article……………………………….
A SWFL veteran honors his fellow soldiers with yard signs and now he’s being fined (FL)
A community is rallying behind a SWFL veteran now that he’s being asked to remove his yard signs. These signs show support for his fellow veterans. He’s being charged $50 for every day those signs remain posted. A letter from The Rotonda West HOA says that veteran, Larry Altenburg had until may 26, not even […]
HOA and Fairhope Veteran to go to court over service dog (AL)
A local veteran is suing his homeowner’s association after the HOA claimed he is not following the neighborhood rules when it comes to pets. The veteran who lives in Fairhope has a service dog. The issue is now going to court. Read the entire article……………………………….
Veteran in Austin takes on HOA over flying his American flag (TX)
The HOA says the larger issue with flags came up when people were putting up political flags leading up to the election – which the HOA does regulate. These Avery Ranch residents believe they have every right to fly their American flags in front of their homes no matter where it is. They point to […]
Disabled Bradenton Vietnam veteran struggles for neighborhood sidewalk access (FL)
In fact, Calderon says he’s brought the sidewalk issue to the attention of the Greyhawk Landing HOA on a number of occasions, so far to no avail. In late October, he says he was told the Association was drafting a letter to put residents on notice. He got no reply when he asked to see […]
Army veteran still displaced, seeks legal help after townhouse association ripped up home (NJ)
Today is Veterans Day, but for Brooks Conner, it feels like Groundhog Day. The 76-year-old Army veteran, whose Tuckerton home was ripped up by his townhouse association while he spent much of the summer hospitalized with a heart ailment, remains displaced five weeks after the Asbury Park Press first detailed his plight. Read the article…………………………………….
How Veterans Bring Necessary Skills to Work with HOAs
Trust, leadership, and the ability to adapt to change are traits learned in the U.S. military that can be transferred to a career in community association management and law. After their service, many veterans seek a second career in the industry for its job security, flexibility, and opportunities for advancement. Read the article……………………………….
Virginia veteran wins fight with homeowners’ association over flying American flag
A Marine veteran ended up in the middle of a battle he did not expect to be fighting in Virginia: a battle to fly the U.S. flag. Richard Jenkins’ homeowners’ association (HOA) initially wanted him to not only take down his 20-foot flagpole, but the American flag along with it. Read the article…………………………..
‘There were no rules:’ Veteran fights homeowners association to keep American flag & pole (VA)
When Richard Jenkins’ son gave him an American flag for Father’s Day, Jenkins had no idea the controversy it would stir……..But Jenkins said the Willow Shade Homeowners’ Association wants him to take the flag down from a 20-foot pole he put in a planter in his front yard. Read the article………………………….
Boca Raton veteran told to muzzle service dog or move out (FL)
George Little has lived at Banyan Lakes at Boca Rio for five years but now, he says he’s being told to muzzle his service dog or move out. “It is close to my work, close to my friends, and it is a good neighborhood and it is one of the places that I feel comfortable, […]
A veteran was waiting months for his HOA to repair his kitchen. Then, the Problem Solvers got involved (CO)
A veteran living in Thornton has been waiting on his homeowner’s association for six months to repair his kitchen. Now, he’s relieved to know the repairs will happen after he contacted the FOX31 Problem Solvers. Read the article…………………………….
7 years later: Veteran still fighting with HOA over American flag (FL)
An Air Force veteran living in Jacksonville, Florida is suing his former homeowner’s association after it reportedly said his display of the American flag violated HOA rules. On Tuesday, Larry Murphree was interviewed by a radio station in Virginia about his upcoming court hearing. He is suing his former HOA for $1 million. Read the […]
Flagpole at condo complex dedicated to veterans (WA)
Retired Baptist pastor Howard Cooper speaks slowly, with a steady Texas drawl. At 91 years old he has kind eyes and a smile that lights up any room; he’s also responsible for spearheading the effort to get a flagpole installed at The Cedars condominium complex in Burlington. Read the article………………………..
Local veteran upset about tattered flag outside condo (FL)
A local veteran is upset because one of the American flags flying outside his condominium complex in suburban Lake Worth has been tattered for months and no one has replaced it. U.S. Air Force veteran Richard Rosen said he complained to the Gramercy At Poinciana Condominium Association board president. Read the article………………………
Army veteran asked to remove Puerto Rican flag at Kissimmee home by homeowners association (FL)
A controversy is brewing in Kissimmee between a homeowners association and an Army veteran who says all she wants is the freedom to fly the flag of her choice at her home. Frances Santiago spent 14 years as an Army medic, including two tours in Iraq. Read the article……………………
Raleigh veteran evicted after unpaid HOA fees gets keys to home back (NC)
A veteran who got evicted from his home for failing to pay his homeowners’ association fees, got the keys back to his home this week thanks to help from CBS 17 viewers. Keith Williams Jr. lived in his home in southeast Raleigh for 10 years. A few weeks ago, he said the sheriff’s office came […]
Howell veteran fights back after being denied an American flag pole at his home (NJ)
Ever since the local homeowner’s association denied Mike Burtt’s request to install an American flag pole in his front garden, the Vietnam veteran has taken matters into his own hands. He removed a smaller flag pole that had been attached to his house — which he says kept falling off — and stuck it in […]
Veteran says being banned from fitness center by his HOA is ‘absurd’ (FL)
Chris Novello, a decorated disabled combat veteran, lives in a Julington Creek Plantation. It has a Home Owners Association (HOA) and a Community Development District (CDD.) “They can make life very difficult for you,” he said. “I’m a victim.” On July 11 he apparently failed to toe the line. Read the article………………….
Navy veteran fights HOA after tree falls on his house (CA)
The monster stood 78 feet tall. It measured just more than 40 inches across its midsection and scared them for decades. Looming. Throwing shade. In July 1996, they notified the authorities they were in danger. Lela Grossack pulled out the paperwork she kept, an official report she filed with the Casta Del Sol homeowners association […]
HOA: Vietnam veteran must remove garage door mural honoring vets (FL)
A Vietnam War veteran living in North Fort Myers has been fighting to keep a mural honoring veterans on his home. The management of his gated community of Del Tura Golf and Country Club informed him that they received a complaint about the mural on his garage door, which depicts the silhouette of a soldier […]
Veteran battles HOA in Las Vegas over flag pole violation (NV)
A Vietnam War veteran says he is resisting his community homeowners association about a flag pole being in violation in his front yard. Ted Deyoung’s said the flag in his front yard has been there for nearly two decades, so instead of taking the pole down, he decided to fight back. Read the article……………………
American flag flying high again in Wyndham veteran’s yard (VA)
Richard Oulton’s U.S. flag – the one that stirred controversy and earned him national headlines when he pledged to fly it despite a judge’s order more than 15 years ago – has returned once again to a towering flagpole in his front yard in the Wyndham neighborhood in western Henrico County, . Ordered by a […]
Vietnam veteran wins dispute with Henderson HOA over patriotic van (NV)
A Henderson veteran has won a battle with his homeowner’s association. Back in March, News 3 reported Neil Johnson was getting citations from his HOA in Palm Hills, warning him that he could face penalties for his flag-wrapped van in his driveway. Read the article………………………
After decades of trying, Vietnam veteran allowed to put American flag up outside Henrico home (VA)
The story sparked national attention: Vietnam veteran ordered to take down the flagpole in his yard. In 1999, the Wyndham Homeowners Association told Richard Oulton the pole with an Ameican flag on it violated neighborhood by-laws. When the case went to court, Oulton lost. Read the article…………………..
HOA fight over van for local volunteer veterans (NV)
They travel miles every week to honor American heroes they’ve never met. However, a group of local volunteer veterans says the van they use to get to funerals is in jeopardy. It’s all because of a battle with a homeowners association in Henderson. The battle will come to a head Thursday night at an HOA […]
HOA calls disabled veteran’s claims that he can’t install ramps at his house not true (TN)
He says the HOA won’t let him put in ramps around his house because they don’t look good, but the HOA says that’s not true. “Under no circumstances are we, the homeowners’ association, would deny anybody handicapped access. Never,” Bundren said. Bundren is the treasurer of the HOA and says they’ve done their best to […]
Disabled Veteran Wants A Porch (FL)
One of Ruben’s simple pleasures, besides his service dog, is looking at the pond in his backyard, but the multiple sclerosis makes it risky for him to go outside for more than a couple of minutes. Lois Sepulveda: “Heat does terrible things to people with multiple sclerosis. It can make him so sick so quickly. […]
Rookies No More: Veterans Helping Newcomers
Remember your first day at a new school? Most likely, you didn’t know a soul, had no idea what the students were learning and you probably felt nervous, intimidated or maybe even afraid. In most cases, this is what it’s like to be a new board member. A newcomer walks into a meeting for the […]
Using the military or veteran card in HOA disagreements
One of the favorite news stories that the media likes to run (and run and run and run…) is anything that has to do with an HOA/condo and someone who is in the military, has a family member currently serving in the military or is a veteran. This usually has to do with flags or symbols that […]
Stephen Nalley Unveils Comprehensive New Book, “The Ultimate Guide to Condominium Management”
In the world of real estate, few names carry as much weight and respect as Stephen Nalley. An accomplished American real estate executive, entrepreneur, decorated veteran, and prolific author, Nalley has once again positioned himself at the forefront of the industry with the release of his latest book, “The Ultimate Guide to Condominium Management”. Read […]
What happens to owners on fixed incomes when homeowner or condo association fees double? (FL)
Question: Recently our association fees went from $1,400.00 quarterly to $2,600.00. My question is, what is the worst that can happen to me if I am unable to pay? I will have difficulties coming up with that fee being a disabled Vietnam veteran. Read the Q&A………………………………..