National Condo & HOA News

Audits at Boynton Beach HOA question its finances; board president awarded contracts (FL)

Nautica's HOA budget is more than $600,000 a year. Previous audits have also identified problems and one homeowner said she…

9 months ago

Northern Meadows neighbors frustrated with HOA (NM)

Residents in Northern Meadows are fed up. If you live in a community with a homeowner association, you know the…

9 months ago

FEMA help for private roads and bridges (VT)

If your privately owned road or bridge was damaged or destroyed by Vermont’s July severe storms, flooding, landslides and mudslides,…

9 months ago

HOA Homefront: Can our CC&Rs grow stale?

Q: Our Association has one board member who I’ll call “Rick.” “Rick” keeps repeating the same mantras: “Our CC&Rs are…

9 months ago

If the Texas heat wave turns your front lawn brown, can your HOA punish you? (TX)

A homeowners association, if the deed restrictions say so, can require you to have a grass lawn and ornamental shrubs…

9 months ago

Residents ask town to reconsider ending private road plowing (RI)

South Kingstown residents at Tuesday’s meeting implored the Town Council during public comment to make “a truly equitable decision” in…

9 months ago

Wadsworth mother says no biking, skateboarding, rollerblading, ball playing allowed in her neighborhood (OH)

A Wadsworth mother of three said her homeowner's association banned bikes, skateboards, and even playing ball. Now, some frustrated families…

9 months ago

Condo Column: The danger of unplanned costs (NH)

Most condominium associations, though certainly not all, have their annual meeting somewhere in the later fall. So, it’s around this…

9 months ago

Ask the HOA Expert: Volunteers And The Liability Factor

Question: We have members who would like to volunteer to do minor repair work on such things as changing lightbulbs,…

9 months ago

Century-old dam that keeps Lake Lansing homes from flooding needs major repairs (MI)

The cost is not clear, Pratt said. A consultant is being hired to determine the scope of problems and the…

9 months ago