A small group of protesters gathered outside the Green Valley Ranch Metropolitan District’s office on Friday afternoon to protest recent foreclosures initiated by the Master Homeowners Association of Green Valley Ranch. Read the entire article……………………………….
Colorado bill would curb HOAs power to foreclose due to unpaid fees
A group of Colorado lawmakers is proposing a bill that would require a homeowner’s association to take several steps before moving forward with a foreclosure-related to unpaid HOA fines and fees. Read the entire article……………………………….
Avon issues flood mitigation recommendations to local homeowner’s associations (CO)
Last July, Avon experienced a significant rain event that overwhelmed town infrastructure and caused rain and mud damage to multiple residential properties in town. In the months since, the town has been working with engineering firm Tetra Tech to better analyze the storm and its impacts as well as to identify future mitigation actions the […]
And Then There Were Three (bills) (CO)
Of the original six bills concerning homeowners’ associations, four have been acted upon and either passed into law or postponed, leaving three bills left. Yes, I know the math doesn’t work unless you add HB 22-1314 which is not titled as an HOA bill but does impact common interest communities (more on this below).Read the […]
Vail looks at ways to change short-term rental regulations (CO)
As the Vail Town Council considers new regulations and fees for short-term rentals, one proposal stands out: Limiting new registrations. The council looked at a number of proposals during its March 15 meeting. Those proposals were put together by the town’s finance department, along with consultants Economic & Planning Systems and RRC Associates. Read the […]
Unexpected impacts of HOA fines (CO)
Many people are unaware that HOA fines can lead to the loss of someone’s home. 9NEWS legal expert Whitney Traylor talks to us about this. Watch the newes report…………………………………..
City council president requests AG probe of Green Valley Ranch HOA, moratorium on foreclosures (CO)
Stacie Gilmore on Wednesday asked Attorney General Phil Weiser and Gov. Jared Polis to open an investigation into Master Homeowners Association of Green Valley Ranch, also known as GVR South HOA, after the organization began foreclosing on at least 50 homeowners for failing to pay fines and fees. Read the entire article……………………………….
In Colorado, taking HOAs to court can be costly, time-consuming
Fighting a homeowners association (HOA) in Colorado can be an expensive and time-consuming process- something Kathleen Kryczka found out first-hand when she sued the Steelyards Condominium Association last year. Read the entire article……………………………….
Green Valley Ranch HOA Issues Statement About Unpaid Fines Foreclosures Amid Residents Claiming HOA ‘Power Trip’ (CO)
The Master Homeowners Association for Green Valley Ranch issued a statement over growing community concerns the association is going too far with violation fines and subsequent foreclosures. Of the 119 foreclosures in Denver, 50 of them are within the HOA’s community. Read the entire article……………………………….
Neighbors Meet With The City Of Denver To Try To Stop HOA Foreclosures (CO)
In the last year, more than one third of all HOA foreclosure notices filed in Denver happened in Green Valley Ranch. Saturday morning The City of Denver hosted a foreclosure and housing assistance meeting for homeowners at the Green Valley Ranch Recreation Center to try to help those residents. Read the entire article……………………………….
Holding HOAs accountable: The focus of HB22-1137 (CO)
Homeowner associations could face major changes if a bill proposed in the House on Wednesday gains approval through the Colorado legislature. New strategies are now being considered to regulate homeowners’ associations across the state after foreclosure notices were handed out to 60 families in Green Valley Ranch. Read the entire article……………………………….
HOA Bills Scheduled for Hearing (CO)
Three of the bills aimed at common interest communities are all scheduled to be heard on March 9, 2022, in the afternoon session of the House Committee on Transportation and Local Government. The three bills are HB22-1239, which is the regulation of community association managers and, more appropriately, the regulation of community association management companies. […]
60 Green Valley Ranch homes facing possible foreclosure by HOAs and metro district (CO)
It is a foreclosure nightmare for many in some Green Valley Ranch neighborhoods. At least 60 families are facing losing their homes after their two homeowners associations and a metro district began the foreclosure process on them. Some owners said they had no idea they were about to lose their homes. Read the entire article……………………………….
10th Circuit directs Gunnison condo operators to comply with anti-discrimination agreement (CO)
After the federal government reported that the owners of a Gunnison housing complex refused to abide by the terms of an agreement meant to avoid further discrimination, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit has now ordered them to comply. Read the entire article……………………………….
SB22-086: How a Single Section of This Bill Could Impact All Debt Collections for Associations (CO)
With the new legislative session comes the desire to recreate a COVID era restriction and make it permanent. Hence, we have SB22-086. If signed into law as currently written, SB22-086 would greatly limit an association’s ability to collect delinquent assessments. Read the entire article……………………………….
Vulnerable senior loses home after condo association forces sale to recover monthly dues (CO)
Ranae Lichtenberger can’t read or write English. She’s legally blind because of cataracts, and she’s distrustful of just about everybody due to mental stressors from her blindness and living alone. But none of that figured into the equation as the Ravencrest Condominiums Association at her town home complex forced the sale of the 65-year-old military […]
Whose lawn is it, anyway? (CO)
Nestled behind Willits along the Roaring Fork River is a charming subdivision known as River Oaks. In 2020, one of the riverfront homes sold for $2.2 million, according to the Compass listing. Had the Eagle County Department of Community Development followed a 1987 recommendation from the Colorado Geological Survey, the subdivision wouldn’t even exist. Read […]
Landlord feels left out from Marshall Fire assistance as HOA assessments continue with no income coming in (CO)
Easing the assessment costs on just the owners who lost homes would require a unanimous vote from all of the owners and mortgage lenders. Read the entire article……………………………….
Crested Butte South POA agrees to re-vote on covenants (CO)
The Crested Butte South Property Owner’s Association (POA) determined last week that it would hold a new vote on amendments to its covenants this year after having nullified the previous vote held last November. This time around the POA plans to allocate votes based on property deeds, eliminating some irregularities of former practices, and to […]
Limit Home Owners’ Association Fee Increases For Common Elements (CO)
The frustration of rising homeowners’ association fees would get addressed in a bill that would limit hikes to 10% a year unless a majority approve larger increases. Read the entire article……………………………….
And They Are Off (CO legislation)
The Colorado Legislature gaveled into session on January 12, 2022, and it did not take long to introduce the first three Common Interest Community Bills. The topic of the three bills relate to access to the common elements and the use of proxies in association operations. Read the entire article……………………………….
Longtime owners will get to update deed restrictions (CO)
The Aspen-Pitkin County Housing Authority on Wednesday supported moving forward with a program that would benefit homeowners who would like to enter into a new deed restriction. Read the entire article……………………………….
Tenants still face challenges in aftermath of Whittier Place condo fire (CO)
It’s been a little more than three months since a fire burned through the Whittier Place Condominiums during the early hours of Oct. 19. Residents continue to face fallout from it. Most have not been able to physically return to the complex at 23rd and Pearl streets to retrieve their belongings. Those in units that […]
CB South POA nullifies election result (CO)
The board of the Crested Butte South Property Owners Association (POA) on Monday announced that it would nullify the result of a November 2021 election on the community’s covenants. The rule changes touched on short-term rentals and campers, among other issues. Read the entire article……………………………….
Deed restricted homeowners in Aspen, Pitkin County may get relief on improving aging units (CO)
Homeowners in the Aspen-Pitkin County Housing Authority inventory who are limited in making capital improvements without being reimbursed at more than the current 10% cap could see some relief in the future. Read the entire article……………………………….
Grand Lake to chip in for workforce condos (CO)
As part of the Portal Crossing development in Grand Lake, six units may be listed at an attainable price and dedicated to workforce housing, so long as they sell within nine months on the market. Read the entire article……………………………….
Their homes burned, but they still need to pay HOA dues (CO)
The morning before more than 100 homes burned in the Coal Creek Ranch neighborhood in Louisville, priorities were different. Read the entire article……………………………….
Game Trail earns Firewise USA designation (CO)
The Game Trail subdivision northwest of Buena Vista received official designation as a Firewise USA site. The homeowners’ association gained recognition in December, Article………………………………..
Rebuilding after disaster takes a community — and a streamlined process — say Coloradans who lost homes in Waldo Canyon fire (CO)
Fires destroyed 347 houses in 2012, but the Mountain Shadows community in Colorado Springs found ways to work with city officials, contractors and others to rebuild fast, and now offer help to Marshall fire victims. Read the entire article……………………………….
Shooter was dressed as officer when he entered condo building, killed resident, building manager says (CO)
The man who police say killed five people in a shooting spree across Denver and Lakewood Monday was dressed as a police officer when he forced himself into a Cheesman Park condo and killed one of his victims, the building manager said. Read the entire article……………………………….
New Colorado Bills HB 21-1229 and HB 21-1061
Concerning Increased Protections for Unit Owners in the Governance of Unit Owners’ Association under the “Colorado Common Interest Ownership Act.” Read the entire article……………………………….
Crested Butte South Property Owners Association facing election challenges (CO)
Despite what appeared to be a large voter turnout and wide margin of voter approval for a series of new covenant changes within the Crested Butte South Property Owners Association (POA) this fall, several property owners have raised concerns about how the October election was conducted. As the POA plans ahead for its 2022 budget […]
1 rescued from burning Thornton condo complex (CO)
Firefighters in Thornton had to rescue someone Friday night after a condo went up in flames. It happened on Huron Street near 88th Avenue, west of Interstate 25. Read the entire article……………………………….
Keystone’s Decatur homeowners association bans electric vehicles in garage (CO)
Homeowners at the Decatur property in Keystone’s Lakeside Village were alerted last week that electric vehicles are now prohibited from parking or charging in the garage due to an increased “risk of fire.” Read the entire article……………………………….
Weeks After Whittier Place Condo Complex Fire, Residents Unable To Salvage Belongings As Demolition Looms (CO)
On Sunday, about a dozen of the former residents showed up at a park near the complex to discuss the ongoing issues. Richard Light is one of them. “The lack of information creates much more frustration than I think is necessary,” Light said. “For a lot of us, this is our home, we have family […]
Polis wants more electric vehicles, but they aren’t welcome everywhere (CO)
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis (D) has signed more than 400 executive orders dealing with COVID-19. His first ever executive order, more than a year before the pandemic, set a goal to get 940,000 EVs on the road in Colorado by 2030. Read the entire article……………………………….
No injuries reported after fire at condominiums in Avon (CO)
Firefighters responded to a structure fire at condominiums in Avon early Monday morning. The fire started at 1:48 a.m. at Liftview Condominiums, according to the Town of Avon. About 30 firefighters from Eagle River Fire Protection District, Greater Eagle Fire Protection District Read the entire article……………………………….
Baldy Mountain Townhome residents displaced due to flooding (CO)
In early August, a water line break above Boreas Loop in Breckenridge left several units in Baldy Mountain Townhomes flooded. Since the flooding Aug. 9, residents have been displaced as insurance companies and contractors work to repair damage, and some folks have yet to return home three months later. Read the entire article……………………………….
HOA Property Manager Licensing Program may get reinstated (CO)
The Homeowners Association (HOA) property management industry (aka HOA Community Association Managers) oversees and spends billions of homeowners’ money each year in Colorado and has NO regulatory oversight. CAM’s were required to be licensed in July 2015 and this continued through June 2019 when the Governor vetoed a Bill to continue the licensing program. Read […]
Crews knock down fire at Snowmass Village condo complex (CO)
Fire crews responded Saturday afternoon to a structure fire in the Seasons Four complex in Snowmass Village. Roaring Fork Fire Rescue firefighters were using the ladder truck to try to get to what appeared to be the exterior wall on the top level in the end unit of the complex’s L building. Read the entire […]
Boulder condo residents recount moments of terror fleeing Oct. 19 fire (CO)
Just hours before a massive fire ripped through Whittier Apartments where Matthew Sheares lived, he fell asleep on the couch. This wouldn’t have been that significant of detail to Sheares’ life at all, except that this part of his apartment tends to funnel in more noise from the adjacent living units, than his bedroom loft. […]
Steamboat Planning Commission discusses role of homeowners associations in short-term rental policy (CO)
As Steamboat Springs City Council is deciding where and how short-term rentals can exist, the city’s planning commission met Monday to discuss whether homeowners associations should be able to opt in or out of any city rules. Read the entire article……………………………….
Colorado regulators recommend adding regulations for community managers
The report also recommended two professions for regulation: community association managers and veterinary technicians. The review found that “new or additional state regulation of these occupations is necessary to protect consumers and recommended the creation of new regulatory programs.” Article from which the above excerpt came…………………………………
‘The escape of people from 81 units is miraculous’: Boulder first responders thankful no one was killed in fire (CO)
There’s still a lot of cleanup and investigation to take place, but first responders in Boulder say everyone who lived at the now-destroyed Whittier Place Condominiums has been accounted for. Read the entire article……………………………….
Large fire breaks out at condominium on Boulder’s Pearl Street (CO)
Several buildings at a condominium on Pearl Street in Boulder burned in a massive fire on Tuesday morning. The fire is at the Whittier Place Condos along the 2300 block of Pearl Street and affected 83 units, according to Boulder Fire-Rescue. Evacuations began once authorities arrived at the scene. Read the entire article……………………………….
Briargate residents to decide on property tax equity question 6B (CO)
Briargate residents will decide in November whether to resolve a long-standing property tax inequity issue in their neighborhood. A “yes” vote on question 6B will create a new general improvement district for the neighborhood to care for common areas, such as medians and parks, and ensure that all residents served by the district are paying […]
Neighborhood associations may no longer have the right to appeal Colorado Springs land-use, planning decisions, under draft proposal (CO)
Neighborhood associations, including the one that successfully pushed to block a major apartment development near Garden of the Gods, would be prohibited from appealing Colorado Springs land-use decisions under a plan the city is mulling. Read the entire article……………………………….
Two New Bills Affect Colorado Associations
Two new bills relating specifically to HOAs have recently been signed into law and take effect in early September. Several of the highlights are below. These laws affect many, if not all, associations. To update compliance for your association, contact us for your custom policy. Read the entire article……………………………….
Colorado Supreme Court clamps down on litigious Aspen attorney
The Colorado Supreme Court has ordered an Aspen attorney to stop representing himself as a plaintiff in any future litigation in the state, citing his “abusing the judicial process for the purpose of harassing his adversaries for the better part of a decade.” In a written ruling delivered Sept. 13, the high court reprimanded lawyer […]
Castle Rock neighborhood debates merits and skepticism around license plate readers (CO)
A neighborhood homeowner’s association is considering taking a new approach to an increase in crime in Castle Rock, which has sparked debate in the community. Read the entire article……………………………….