More than 80% of residents at a Conyers condominium complex who were left without water after members of the homeowners association switched utility management services in January have had their accounts restored. Read the article………………………..
Jones Creek residents could appeal decision that leaves golf course without clubhouse (GA)
That request was protested by Jones Creek residents eager to see the golf course refurbished. Past developers who have approached the Jones Creek Homeowners Association have said that any plan to resurrect the golf course would have to include the centrally located clubhouse. Read the article………………………..
Woman, newborn baby fighting for their lives after shooting at DeKalb condos plagued with issues (GA)
Police said they are currently investigating the incident and following leads, but this particular complex has a troubled history with crime, crumbling buildings, and blight making headlines for decades. Read the article………………………..
Rockdale County officials assisting residents of condo complex left without water service (GA)
Some residents of a Conyers condominium complex have been wondering where their water went after members of the homeowners association switched utility management services at the beginning of the new year. Rockdale County officials have sent packages of bottled water to residents of the Viewpointe East Condominiums Read the article………………………..
Firm proposes reopening Augusta-area golf course, but there’s a catch (GA)
Other ownership factors complicate the property. While the golf course has one owner, Saul, and the clubhouse has another owner, Herbert, Jones Creeks’ swimming pool and tennis courts are owned by the HOA. The only access to those amenities is through vaguely defined easements through the private clubhouse property. Read the article………………………..
Clayton Co. Board of Commissioners employee arrested on Athens embezzlement charges (GA)
She allegedly stole a total of $300,00 over several years from Bulldog RV Park, owned by a homeowners association for which she served as treasurer, according to Athens Clarke County police Lt. Jody Thompson. Read the article………………………..
Hundreds of aging Georgia dams sit upstream of homes and major roads—and are in urgent need of upgrade and repair
Nearly 200 dams—more than in any other state—are described as high-hazard and in poor condition by the National Inventory of Dams, an official database maintained by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Read the article………………………..
St. Simons HOA asks for ownership of neighborhood park (GA)
Among other things, the Glynn County Commission will discuss Thursday a request from the Island South Condo Association to abandon a small parcel of public land used as a park. Read the article………………………..
Water line problem worsened during cold weather, potentially costing Atlanta residents thousands (GA)
Francisco reached out to the City of Atlanta Department of Watershed Management and was told that they cannot make repairs to water lines on private property and that it is up to the Homeowners Association to fix the problem. HOA President Lauren Gibson said she had been pushing the management company that controls their money […]
‘It sounded like firecrackers’: Power surge causes thousands in damage for Cobb homeowners (GA)
A power surge went through dozens of homes in East Cobb on Monday night, causing thousands of dollars in damage for a number of homeowners. Channel 2 Action News reporter Michele Newell spoke to neighbors who live at Sentinel Lake and said their subdivision was impacted. Read the article………………………..
Southbridge family fighting to keep their Christmas light tradition going (GA)
It is common for many to decorate the outside of their homes when the winter holidays approach. In the Southbridge community, the Johnson family spent some time of their first Holiday season in the Hostess City, fighting to keep their tradition going. Read the article………………………..
Fire at DeKalb County multi-family condo under investigation (GA)
An investigation is underway after a fire at a multi-family condominium in DeKalb County on Saturday evening. Read the article………………………..
Black residents sue Trilith Studios’ housing development, citing years of unaddressed discrimination (GA)
The plaintiffs include five current and former residents. In the lawsuit, they claim they faced assault, racial slurs, and had police called when they use community amenities. The Homeowners Association is also alleged to reject design choices from Black owners and ignore requests to repair damage to their home. Read the article………………………..
Gwinnett County HOA forcing homeowners to remove trees as neighbors fight back (GA)
You may remember 11Alive’s story in October of a homeowner’s association requiring those who live in a Suwanee community to cut down their trees, with homeowners footing the bill. Now some people in another Gwinnett County neighborhood said their HOA is demanding they too remove trees. Read the article………………………..
Homeowners: HOA forced removal of 20+ healthy trees, resulting in them spending thousands of dollars (GA)
It’s a battle between homeowners and an HOA in Gwinnett County over almost two dozen trees that were removed. 11Alive’s Dawn White went to the Suwanee neighborhood to dig up exactly what happened. Read the article………………………..
Talbot County officials address water issues in Oak Mountain Estates (GA)
For nearly three years now select Talbot County residents have been wondering when their water would cut out. Today, Oct. 10, the county shared what they are doing to remedy the outage. Read the article………………………..
4 condos in Twiggs Corner heavily damaged by Tuesday fire (GA)
One of the residential buildings containing four condos at Twiggs Corner condominium complex off Willow Road in Peachtree City sustained heavy damage in a late Tuesday afternoon blaze. There were no injuries reported. Read the article………………………..
Police investigate $300,000 theft from upscale Athens RV park for UGA sports fans (GA)
Bulldog RV Park in Athens is a facility oriented to providing University of Georgia sports fans with the “excitement of University of Georgia football gameday in a country club atmosphere.” But a message sent earlier this year notifying tenants that homeowner association rates were increasing apparently raised a different brand of excitement. Read the article………………………..
Airbnb says house party complaints have dropped 70 percent in Atlanta (GA)
On Thursday, regional leaders, real estate professionals, and property owners gathered in downtown Atlanta to discuss the latest regulations surrounding short-term rentals in Atlanta. Read the article………………………..
‘This is a headache’ | Residents in Atlanta neighborhood say they were without water despite paying bill (GA)
Cascade Parc subdivision residents said they spent the whole weekend without water despite paying their water bill. Here’s what happened and the response they got. Read the article………………………..
Chick-fil-A Billionaire’s Studio Utopia Hit With Racism Lawsuit (GA)
The residents accuse Trilith leadership and the homeowners association of not adequately responding to racist incidents and trying to sweep them under the rug. One prominent example, they say, occurred on March 9, 2022, when Robyn Walensky, a journalist at 95.5 WSB who lives at Trilith, referred to her neighbor, Carmen Key, and another resident […]
HOA safety concerns arise after deadly Midtown Atlanta shooting (GA)
People in Midtown are asking serious questions about safety in homeowners associations after a deadly shooting this week. Two people were killed and one person is still fighting for his life after a HOA dispute at a popular Midtown condo. Read the article………………………..
Accused Midtown shooter had sued victims, was considered ‘irrational’ by condo management company (GA)
Police have not given a motive for why Raissa Kengne, 34, allegedly decided to shoot several people Monday afternoon. But the victims are tied to a lawsuit Kengne filed in May in Fulton County Superior Court that alleged, among other issues, her former employer and the property management company where she lived conspired to blacklist […]
HOA Boot Camp on August 13 to address evictions, Airbnbs (GA)
Commissioner Larry Johnson is co-hosting this year’s DeKalb County HOA Boot Camp. “This one is going to be in person, and it’s been a long time since we’ve been able to do that, but it’s perfect timing,” said Florence Coram from Commissioner Johnson’s office. “A lot of issues need to be discussed a little bit […]
Decision on ethics complaint against Milton official on standby (GA)
While the Milton City Council has agreed to compensate the White Columns Homeowners Association for traffic calming devices along its residential streets, a dispute between members of both parties continues. Read the article………………………..
Residents contend with White Columns Homeowners Association action (GA)
A packed house greeted the Milton City Council Aug. 1 to speak on whether the city should compensate the White Columns Homeowners Association for traffic calming devices it had installed along its residential streets. Read the article………………………..
City readies rules for new townhome developments (GA)
Townhouses – defined as blocks of three or more attached homes that share a side wall between each two but have separate entrances – have suddenly become popular with Statesboro developers as a way to create more family-style housing in less space. Read the article………………………..
Chick fil-A CEO built a dream “progressive” community. Black residents say it’s racist (GA)
The family trust of Dan Cathy, the 69-year-old billionaire who is chairman of the notoriously anti-LGBTQ fast-food chain Chick fil-A, made a significant 2019 investment in the development of Trilith — a 235-acre housing development in Fayetteville, Georgia. Read the article………………………..
Douglas County judge now facing record-setting 50 counts of alleged judicial misconduct (GA)
Some ugly moments in a March 2022 homeowners association meeting has Douglas County Probate Judge Christina Peterson in more legal hot water. Peterson already faced complaints from a state regulatory board which last year asked but failed to get her temporarily suspended from office. Read the article………………………..
Law Firm Can Seek Sanctions for Frivolous Filings After Judgment (GA)
A Georgia federal court misread Eleventh Circuit’s recent precedents when it dismissed a law firm’s postjudgment motions seeking sanctions for frivolous filings in a dispute over fair debt collection practices, the appeals court ruled Tuesday. Read the article…………………….
South Fulton warns Camelot Condominiums of fire risks, health concerns (GA)
The City of South Fulton is stepping up law enforcement patrols near a problematic condominium complex, which the city was allegedly cited numerous times for fire code violations. A South Fulton spokesperson said there is not much city leaders can do about residents’ allegedly poor living conditions. Read the article………………………………
HOA lodges ethics complaint against Milton official (GA)
The White Columns Homeowners Association has filed an ethics complaint against Milton City Councilman Paul Moore for casting a recent vote on a matter could be a conflict of interest. Read the entire article……………………………….
Woman steals nearly $500K from metro Atlanta HOA to go on vacation, GBI says (GA)
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation has arrested an Alabama woman they say stole hundreds of thousands of dollars from a Georgia homeowners association. The GBI says that 66-year-old Shirley Brown, of Calhoun County, Alabama, has been the property manager for the Mirror Lakes Homeowners Association in Villa Rica, Georgia. Read the entire article……………………………….
Power shut off at historically plagued South Fulton condo complex (GA)
One of the most crime-ridden and dilapidated housing units in metro Atlanta now has an issue over a basic need. Power has been out since last week for several residents at the Camelot Condos, located off Old National Highway in South Fulton. Read the entire article……………………………….
State insurance commission investigates Gwinnett HOA over roof plan (GA)
Within a serene community tucked away among the pines in northern Gwinnett, a conflict has simmered for months that now pits dozens of residents against their homeowner’s association and has drawn the attention of investigators with the state insurance commissioner’s office. Read the entire article……………………………….
Midtown condo complex residents frustrated over constant car break-ins (GA)
Residents of a Midtown Atlanta condo complex are frustrated at what they say are a rash of car break-ins plaguing their community. In the video, taking at the Siena at Renaissance Park condominium complex on the morning of May 27, the man opens the car door and rummages through it like it’s his own. Read […]
Traffic calming devices in White Columns draws pushback (GA)
The Milton City Council voted May 2 to defer a potential agreement with the White Columns Homeowners Association to install four new radar feedback signs in their neighborhood. Read the entire article……………………………….
Red Cross: At least 30 displaced by fire at condo complex (GA)
Red Cross officials said 10 units were affected when the blaze broke out at the complex along Vicksburg Place on Saturday afternoon. Volunteers have helped about 30 displaced residents so far and continued to work with impacted families, according to a Red Cross spokeswoman Sherry Nicholson. Read the entire article……………………………….
‘Men Only’: Retirement community bans experienced female player from softball league (GA)
Residents can play tennis, bocce, even croquet, but when it comes to softball, there is one league, seven teams, and all the players are men as old as 80- and 90-years-old. Evans could practice with the team, but is not allowed to play in league games. After CBS46 started asking questions, the Deaton Creek’s softball […]
City of South Fulton mayor offers ideas to save condos after living there for 2 months (GA)
From fires to murders, the Camelot Condominiums are some of the most crime-ridden and dilapidated housing units in the City of South Fulton, according to city officials. Some people who live nearby are calling on the city to tear them down. South Fulton’s new mayor Khalid Kamau said he wanted to understand the living situation […]
POA won’t allow ‘lost dog’ signs for pet lost far from home (GA)
A family says its skittish rescue dog disappeared from a groomer’s business almost an hour from home. A pet rescue expert told the FOX 5 I-Team that signs with a photo of the pet and a phone number are the number one way to find a lost animal. But the hunt to find a pup […]
Augusta neighborhood hit hard by redistricting plan strikes back (GA)
Elderberry Homeowners’ Association, which does not cover Braswell’s address, has called a news conference at 11 a.m. Wednesday to speak out against the plan, at its entrance on Elders Drive at Harper Franklin Boulevard. Association President James Germany railed against the plan in a news release and called on the public to get involved. Braswell […]
Marietta condos heavily damaged by flames (GA)
Marietta firefighters said six people are left with nowhere to go after blaze destroyed several condos on Saturday. One person was hospitalized for smoke inhalation and the cause of the fire is under investigation, officials said. Read the entire article……………………………….
Homeowners paying thousands after sprinklers run for hours after small fire put out (GA)
Some Cobb County homeowners are shelling out thousands of dollars in repair fees after the sprinklers in their homes ran for hours after a small fire was put out. Read the entire article……………………………….
Alpharetta seeking to connect with homeowners associations (GA)
Alpharetta likes to work closely with homeowners associations and other neighborhood organizations within the city to improve citizen outreach and communication. Read the entire article……………………………….
Sterling on the Lake association files suit against developer over lake runoff (GA)
The Sterling on the Lake community association filed a lawsuit late last month against the developer alleging a significant increase in sediment buildup in the lake’s watershed due to construction efforts, according to court documents. Read the entire article……………………………….
Judge Allows Forced Condo Sale to Move Forward (GA)
A long-developing real estate deal moved a step closer to fruition with an Athens-Clarke County judge’s recent ruling that a forced sale of Heritage Square Condominiums can proceed. Superior Court Judge Lawton Stephens had ruled verbally for Fred Moorman and his Fred Family Trust following a brief hearing the day before Thanksgiving, and entered his […]
20 people displaced after fire at Roswell condo building (GA)
At least 20 people are displaced after a fire tore through a condominium building in Roswell Monday afternoon. Fire officials said the blaze broke out at the Martin’s Landing condos on Teal Court. The blaze destroyed the roof of 18-unit building. Read the entire article……………………………….
Fayetteville plans homeowners association “boot camp” (GA)
Fayetteville is hosting its fourth annual HOA Boot Camp to help members of individual homeowners associations within the city to network and discuss matters of mutual concern. The free event will take place 10 a.m.-noon on Oct. 16 at City Hall, 210 Stonewall Avenue West, and requires no pre-registration. Read the entire article……………………………….
Frustrated Powder Springs residents confront distribution center developer (GA)
“I don’t think anything was answered,” Springbrook Estates Homeowners Association president Jon Exume said after the meeting. “I think we need to have a meeting with the mayor, and we need him to come out and talk to the citizens. But overall, we didn’t get any clarity here. There was no resolution.” Read the entire […]