Holy Cow! Little by little property rights advocates are winning the battle against abusive HOA boards, officers and management companies.
Nevada blogger, Tim Stebbins writes about what could be a landmark in the corrupt HOA network in his state. A Nevada official has issued a clear warning to the HOA monsters to stay off the backs of homeowners!
A great blogpost, Tim!
(click on this ‘must read’ blogpost from Henderson, Nevada)
The story linked below is mind boggling. A developer appoints himself as president of the HOA and appoints friends and relatives as board members. Then he proceeds to buy up 80% of the units making him eligible to force all remaining homeowners to sell their homes to him. Now people who used to own their own condo units have to rent them from this developer.
It should sound familiar to you. This kind of fascist neighborhood takeover has been happening for some time in Florida.
Now, what do you think about joining an HOA?
Homeowners are frustrated and tension is high in this Kansas HOA. One of the residents asked me to speak to a large group of homeowners with hopes of shedding some light on how HOAs are structured and lawsuits are financed.
The history of this HOA started with a developer that went broke. Sigh. Yes, another one. Residents claim the CC&Rs state between 1 and 15 people must serve on the BOD. For now they have 5, but until this meeting most of the homeowners had no idea who and how many people are serving on the board. For the most part, the HOA has been dormant for several years. It suddenly erupted back to life with the filing of a lawsuit.
A lot of sunbirds own second homes in Nevada. And, of course, the corruption in Nevada Homeowners Associations is a nationwide scandal that sent dozens of felons to the hoosegow.
The link below shows how folks in Cornwall in the south U.K. are raising money from vacationers. They’re placing a so-called ‘guilt tax’ on anyone who owns a second home.
A GUILT TAX!
Betcha Las Vegas is the first American city to impose such a tax!
(link to Guilt Tax story in the Daily Mail)
At least four times over the past four months, I’ve listened to the TED Talk given by Monica Lewinsky. It’s a talk that brought a huge standing ovation. It’s the kind of talk that could change people’s lives forever. Her bravery is beyond description.
More than that, it has some very specific messages for those of us in this battle against the public shaming, humiliation and bullying that happens in Homeowners Associations across the country. It isn’t just the Internet that’s brought on public shaming. In my personal experience, there once was a time when neighbors actually talked to each other, brought each other dinners and birthday cakes, shared holidays together. If a neighbor to neighbor dispute arose it was most often settled quietly over the backyard fence.
