More and more media outlets are beginning to take notice of the national HOA Scam/Outrage. The link below is from Kiplinger and it’s worth reading.
Also (hint, hint!). There are rumors that a major newspaper in the Midwest has a killer of an HOA expose’ about to be published! This one is said to be the best of all!
(link to Kipling article on HOAs)
Colorado has lots of uranium and other radioactive materials in the soils. It also has lots of radon gas, which it absolutely a carcinogen. When a woman in a home in the Stapleton HOA found radon and wanted to put in a mitigation system, the HOA told her “Nope! No way!”
Now, all sorts of people are trying to embarrass this HOA into doing the right thing.
Incidentally, Colorado’s homeowners rights hero, Stan Hrincevich, was one of those interviewed for the TV news story. It seems Stan is the most interviewed person in the state when it comes to standing up for homeowners.
Oh, another funny thing: The former Stapleton Airport, and the Stapleton neighborhood were named after a prominent Ku Klux Klan member in Colorado in the 1920s. Perfect!
(ABC affiliate’s story on radon mitigation)
You know, all these evil deeds done under the shelter of the National HOA Scam would vanish, completely vanish if the Legislatures approved laws that increased the Statute of Limitations for damages caused by Homeowners Associations to ten or fifteen years. Many homeowners don’t even know the damage they’ve suffered until a good number of years go by. If they had fifteen years to be able to sue recover damages, this particular blog would cease to exist. HOA boards would have massive reason to suddenly become responsible and always follow the letter of the law.
Such legislation would never be approved by the courts. It would be ruled blatantly unconstitutional.
There are Statutes of Limitation on rape, child molesting, robbery, burglary, libel, slander, white collar crime. But there’s no Statute of Limitations for murder. But wrongful, frivolous, bullying actions by an HOA can absolutely change the outcome of a homeowner’s life. There are, in fact, cases across the country where a homeowner has committed suicide to escape HOA harassment.
It’s just a thought. No, it’s just a dream.
Is there an HOA in the country that hasn’t experienced embezzling by executives? HOAs historically are money pots, few homeowners even know how to investigate. But the arrest and charging of suspected embezzlers seems like a daily event. Maybe even an hourly event.
Put a money pot out there, give a soccer mom or a football dad exclusive control over the account, and it’s going to be stolen. I guarantee it’s going to be stolen.
Maybe I shouldn’t report on HOA embezzlement, It’s too easy. Maybe, instead, I should try to look for an HOA which hasn’t been cheated. It’s one of those ‘man bites dog’ situations.
(link to embezzlement story in Tennessee)
