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Homeowners Association Ignores Basic Math, Fines Residents For Posting...
Homeowners associations are supposed to represent the interests and desires of, well… homeowners. But the members of one HOA in Pennsylvania apparently have something against people putting up colored...
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Condo Association Puts Lien On Woman's Townhouse Over Tiny Flower Garden
After feeling bullied by her condo association about her wee front yard flower garden, a New Hampshire woman says she recently looked into selling her townhouse, only to find out the association has...
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Homeowner's Association: Remove Our Name From Facebook Page Or We'll Sue
A Tennessee woman says she’s being bullied by her homeowner’s association, all because she used the name of her subdivision to create a private Facebook page for residents. She says she started the...
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9 Examples Why You May Want To Avoid Homeowners Associations Like The Plague
We watch a lot of real estate shows here at Consumerist HQ, especially the many variations on the “show three places and pretend to pick the one that you’re already in escrow on.” And while home buyers...
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NJ Supreme Court: HOA Can’t Tell You To Remove Political Signs From House
As you may have heard, it’s a presidential election year, which means homeowners associations all around the country will be removing — and fining people for — political signs placed in residents’...
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Yet Another Condo Complex Requires Tenants To Provide Doggie DNA
Requiring DNA test for dogs living in condo complexes is now officially a trend, with yet another condo association demanding that canine-owning residents provide samples of their furry friends’ DNA so...
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Tenant Says Doggie DNA Program Hasn't Helped Curb Poo Problem
As we mentioned yesterday, more condo associations are turning to mandatory DNA testing for dogs in an attempt to rein in an apparent rampant poop problem in this country. But one tenant at a complex...
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HOA Installs Radar, Issues Speeding Tickets
(CBS Denver)With no one but themselves to police the speed limits of their gated a community, a homeowners association in Colorado has set up a radar system and begun issuing tickets to speeders....
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HOA President Threatens To Sue Newspaper For Using Neighborhood’s Name In...
(Sarah McGowen)Some residents of an Indiana neighborhood say the leadership of their homeowners association have gotten a bit power-hungry and lawsuit-happy, and the HOA’s response to a local newspaper...
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Condo Association Taking Heat For Telling Soldier To Take Down American Flag
(WHNT-TV)The property manager of a condo complex in Alabama is learning that maybe it wasn’t such a good idea to demand that a resident, a Staff Sergeant, take down the American flag hanging outside of...
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HOA Bans Just About Everything Fun A Kid Might Do Outside
Apparently going by the notion that the best way to keep a child from getting run over while playing outside is to keep the kids from going outside, a homeowners association in Boca Raton, FL, has...
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Woman Doesn’t Join HOA, So It Seizes And Sells Her House
If I’ve learned anything from this site over the years, it’s that homeowners’ associations are evil and to be avoided. Sometimes you don’t have a choice, though: the home of your dreams or basic...
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Publicity From Kentucky Case Prompts Lots Of People To Pay Their HOA Dues
If there’s any good that has come from the case in Lexington, Kentucky where a woman lost her home over unpaid homeowners’ association dues, it’s this: according to a local attorney who represents...
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HOA Sues Homeowner For Parking Pickup Truck In His Driveway
(DiamondBack Truck Covers)What is a passenger vehicle? Is an extended-cab pickup truck a commercial vehicle, or a passenger vehicle? A man and his homeowners association in upstate New York disagree on...
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Family Caught In Battle Between HOA & Developers While Their Yard Falls Into...
So you come home one day to find that the slope at the back of your yard has begun to slough off into the pond behind your property. You call your homeowners association, which is supposed to handle...
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