California Condo & HOA News

Property Insurance Burns Through Homeowners’ Budgets (CA)

Back in December, she was notified by her Homeowners Association that they were having a hard time getting coverage due…

12 months ago

HOA Homefront: One board increases assessments, while another refuses (CA)

Q: Management sent a budget notification to members with an agenda, date, time and location. The board meeting was attended…

12 months ago

Palm Springs neighborhood associations ‘share the wealth’ from Modernism Week tours. (CA)

Neighborhoods and homeowner associations are of course free to do what they will with the monies raised from tours and…

12 months ago

HOA Homefront — Reader questions: HOA failed me: Must I pay assessments?

Q: When is it legal not to pay HOA dues/fees because an HOA is not fulfilling its duties? I've had…

12 months ago

Walnut Creek Condo Fire Sparked By Barbecue, Official Says (CA)

A fire last week that nearly destroyed a Walnut Creek condominium was accidental and was caused by a barbecue, a…

12 months ago

California’s FAIR Plan may save condo associations blacklisted by Fannie Mae

Dear Fannie Mae: I might have found a unicorn for all the California condos you’ve blacklisted.  Please meet the fine…

12 months ago

HOA Homefront: My HOA suspended me; must I pay assessments? (CA)

Q: When is it legal not to pay HOA dues/fees because an HOA is not fulfilling its duties? I’ve had…

12 months ago

More scrutiny over HOA insurance issue (CA)

The cost of homeowners association fire insurance continues to climb and is difficult to secure in wildland fire areas. The…

12 months ago

As California attempts a ‘managed retreat,’ coastal homeowners sue to stay

The homeowners’ association sued the agency not once but twice, arguing both that the commission was required to protect Mirada…

12 months ago