Alan Bauman would put solar panels on his Prairie Village home if he could. He’d like to benefit from the savings on his energy bill and have more security when his electric utility suffers power outages. But his homeowners association restricts his and neighbors’ ability to install solar power. Read the article…………………………….
HOA rules change plans for Paulie’s Penguin Playground new location (KS)
The Paulie’s Penguin Playground Christmas display will not be in someone’s front yard this year, but the long-time holiday tradition will be in Johnson County for one weekend in December. Read the article……………………………
Solar panels at center of growing issue between HOAs, homeowners (KS)
Another example of a growing issue between homeowners’ associations and property owners involving solar panels pops up in a northwest Wichita neighborhood. Similar to a situation this summer in the southwest part of town, an HOA said “no” to a homeowner wanting the panels on his home. This will likely become an even bigger issue […]
Kansas condo board says it’s being forced to pay twice for gas used during 2021 winter storm
The group’s complaint says it paid for the exorbitant cost of natural gas after a February 2021 winter storm. Then it switched providers and is being forced to pay again. Read the article………………………..
Wichita couple’s solar panels could result in lien on property (KS)
An effort by a southwest Wichita couple to tap into renewable energy for their home could result in a lien on their property. For the past year, fines from their homeowners’ association have piled up and leaves the couple without options. Read the article………………………..
Linn County sheriff investigating damage to gates at lakeside HOA community (KS)
A dispute over HOA policies escalated to a group of people cutting out gates at a private lakeside village, according to residents. Read the article………………………..
One dead in a morning fire at a southeast Wichita condo (KS)
One person is dead in a fire at a southeast Wichita condo complex. Read the article………………………..
Homeowners asking for change in developer-controlled HOAs (KS)
Residents of one Charlotte neighborhood are concerned about their developer-controlled HOA Watch the news report………………………..
A batty problem: Riverview Condominiums resident considering legal action after allegedly being bitten Sunday (KS)
Alexa Houston tells KVOE News she has been at Riverview in the 600 block of Valley Drive since late summer 2021 and things “went great” until a bat flew into her apartment a month ago because of some holes in the siding. She says she was assured the issues would be fixed, both in her […]
Olathe homeowners appeal HOA decision barring flying American flag (KS)
An Olathe, Kansas couple’s love of America and the Kansas City Chiefs has them facing unknown fines from their HOA. They’ve been told they can’t fly either flag in their backyard. Since the flag flap started the Clarks have learned though Chiefs and other flags are banned by the HOA, American flags are not. Read […]
CAIR-Kansas Calls for Removal of Racist Covenants from Property Deeds
The Kansas chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-KS) has called upon Kansas Democratic Governor Laura Kelly to issue an executive order for the removal of the vestigial racist covenants contained in property records across the state. The unenforceable covenants contain insulting, degrading and discriminatory language from a bygone era that are hurtful to […]
Homeowners association, Overland Park set to address short-term rentals following deadly shooting (KS)
There’s a push in Overland Park to change rules surrounding short-term rentals like Airbnb after a deadly shooting. Read the entire article……………………………….
Lawsuit challenges proposed sober living home in Overland Park’s Shannon Valley neighborhood (KS)
The suit, filed late last month by a couple that lives near the proposed Concord House, claims the city denied them due process by not properly reviewing plans for the Concord House. The city and homeowners’ association argue that federal law precludes them from denying housing to those seeking recovery for addiction. Above, the front […]
Linn County, Kansas resident’s locked outside gates after battle with HOA
A group of homeowners living in Linn County, Kansas say their Homeowners Association is preventing people from accessing their homes. The community, called Tanglewood Lakes is a private community, 60 miles south of Kansas City. It consists of three lakes and an estimated 2,200 property owners. Read the entire article……………………………….
CAIR-Kansas Calls for Removal of Racist Language from Land Deeds
THE KANSAS chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Kansas) is calling upon the state’s Democratic Governor, Laura Kelly, to issue an executive order mandating the removal of insulting, degrading and racist language from property records across the state. The organization has taken particular issue with the small eastern Kansas town of Roeland Park, which […]
Overland Park neighborhood opposed to home part of substance abuse rehab program (KS)
People in one Johnson County, Kansas neighborhood are opposed to the men moving in down the street. They’re part of a substance abuse rehab program, one that intends to use a home in Overland Park’s Shannon Valley subdivision to bring addicts back to society. Neighbors complain their presence threatens to make their streets dangerous. Read […]
Roeland Park reviews options to remove racist language from property records (KS)
Roeland Park city leaders are searching for ways to remove discriminatory language from property-related documents on homes throughout the city. City Attorney Steve Maurer said initial research done on properties within the city showed racially discriminatory language was found in three types of land related documents: plats, deeds and covenants and restriction agreements created by […]
KCK homeowner fed up with vacant condo that shares a wall with hers (KS)
Sheets of plywood cover the windows and doors on the end unit of a condominium fourplex in a neighborhood just west of the Legends in Kansas City, Kansas. Martha Ward’s condo shares a wall with the vacant unit. Read the entire article……………………………….
Johnson County HOA under fire for ignoring residents maintenance issues (KS)
Multiple residents in one Johnson County neighborhood are having issues with damage they say is the responsibility of the homeowners association to fix. The debate is not in court. “This is our support beam right here,” said condo owner Rhonda Zella as she shows the rotting beam across her kitchen ceiling. Read the entire article……………………………….
Feds allege Mission HOA discriminated against resident with walker who wanted to modify townhome’s sidewalk (KS)
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development says the Apollo Gardens Homeowners Association in Mission refused to allow a resident to alter the sidewalk outside her townhome to accommodate her walker, then voted to remove the resident from the HOA board. The case will be heard by an administrative law judge. Read the entire […]
Homeowners associations join together against Overland Park’s chip seal pavement plans (KS)
In February, FOX4 told you about a controversy in Overland Park over the use of chip seal to pave the city’s streets. The Overland Park City Council approved to move forward with the project, and now 24 home owners associations are banding together to fight it. Read the entire article……………………………….
City paves the way for HOA park project (KS)
Times, and plans, change. In regards to a certain tract of land in Derby’s Stone Creek Addition, both brought a potential property ownership change before the Planning Commission at its March 18 meeting. Originally dedicated to the city for use as a public park, Reserve S (northeast of the new elementary school at the corner […]
Roeland Park approves NDO amendment making racially discriminatory home owners association language, practices illegal (KS)
The Roeland Park city council on Monday evening approved an amendment to the city’s non-discrimination ordinance that outlaws discriminatroy language from Home Owners Association covenants. Read the article……………………………
Realtor selected as city’s new HOA liaison (KS)
The city now has a liaison with Derby’s two dozen-plus homeowners’ associations, or HOAs. Longtime resident and realtor Judy Morris was selected to serve in the newly created, professional part-time position. She started last month and said she’s busy laying the groundwork for making the connection for both parties. Read the article………………………..
Right Now: HOA Headaches (KS)
When you live in a community with a homeowner’s association, sometimes they can have strict rules that can interfere with the personality you want to add to your home. A woman named Wanetta called Charlotte CBS station WBTV after she says her homeowner’s association yanked out her 10-year-old rose bush. It’s just one case from […]
How a homeowner association dispute racked up $1M in legal fees
A satellite dish. A St. Francis statue in the garden. An incorrectly parked car. It started small, but disputes over a Kansas man’s alleged violations of his homeowner association’s rules has led to a complex legal battle that is now the most expensive of its kind. Read the article……………………..
On Your Side Investigates: Stinky Neighborhood (KS)
A terrible smell coming from a local creek in West Wichita has neighbors in a bind over solutions. The neighborhood is a little slice of heaven, right in the middle of Wichita…….”Over the years the homeowners association disbanded and the infrastructure they were responsible for maintaining hasn’t been taken care of,” explains Don Henry, Assistant […]
Western Wyandotte County neighborhood hopes crosswalk forces drivers off gas (KS)
A neighborhood in Kansas City, Kansas is working to get drivers to slow down in a new way. At first glance, drivers coming up on a crosswalk in western Wyandotte County might think there’s something in the road and slow down. And that’s the point. Read the article……………
After discovering letter of intent from late 1980s, Mission approves moving Lincolnshire subdivision into public road system (KS)
Mission has accepted the Lincolnshire subdivision, which was previously responsible for the maintenance of its own streets, into the city’s public street system. The city had been treating the streets as private, which puts the responsibility of maintenance in the hands of the homeowners association. But last year, Mission staff discovered old documentation indicating the […]
Andover residents raise concern over neighborhood algae (KS)
Troy Tabor, a member of the Crescent Lakes homeowner’s association said the neighborhood has had issues with blue-green algae before, but that is not the case with this latest algae bloom. “We do not have blue-green algae,” Tabor said. “We have before, but that was taken care of right away. But that’s not what this […]
Zoning lawsuit could be coming to close (KS)
Bill Lusk, who owns the land that was re-zoned for the apartments, was asked to submit control over the HOA to the homeowners themselves, forgiving an estimated $1.5 million of debt accrued by the HOA mostly due to development costs. Read the article………..