FAQs

Lloyd Havel lives in the Hills of Inverrary, a private community. The HOA called Havel telling him his car is in disrepair and the tags are expired. Havel told the HOA that it was not in disrepair and that he drives it. Havel bought a new car and brought his old car outside and covered

66-year-old Helene Feinerman is in a legal battle with the exclusive River Ranch Homeowners Association on Tucson’s far east side. The problem began last spring when Feinerman put up two, three-inch lighted plastic dragonflies in her front yard. The HOA, she says, told her she would have to ask permission to put them in the

Ward Tyczka was renting his Phoenix condo to a family with two children when the property manager began raising concerns. The family eventually moved out when their lease was up, but the property manager informed him this spring that Sunrise Village Condominiums Association had changed its rules to prohibit kids under age 16. Tyczka filed

Chad Locridice received a letter from HOA attorneys discussing possible foreclosure, liens, and overall threatening language over a missing HOA payment. He had a serious brain injury at the time and that makeup payments were sent back, and he was ignored. He visited the office and left messages, but his payments were rejected, and the

A family in Montgomery County is at a standstill with their neighborhood homeowner’s association. The Bender’s Landing HOA Board requested she needed to remove the safety fence around her swimming pool. The fence was installed the same year the home and pool were built in 2014. Their homeowner’s insurance company told Durgaperad that they are

Anonymous neighbors complained about how noisy the children were. The family moved there because there was a park and nice schools in the community. Some neighbors and HOA were warned that their children were not allowed to play in the common areas of the property. The HOA warned that their children were interfering with the

Karen Whiting, who owns community management association Method Real Estate, went to prison in mid-January for stealing more than $300,000 from four Valley HOAs she managed. The water and electricity were almost turned off in Gilbert Fincher Creek community Whiting was hired to manage because she hadn’t paid the bills, according to Maricopa County Superior

Residents in a development near Sacramento are upset because HOA is forcing homeowners to keep their garage door open Mon-Fri from 8am-4pm. A resident was housing someone in their garage, which is against the communities CC&Rs. So the HOA decided to crack down on this issue, they’d force the residents to have their garages open,

The bill arrived unexpectedly by email in May. It was from her Landmark Towers condominium homeowner’s association. The midtown Phoenix tower’s air-conditioning needed a major fix, and her share of the pay was $18,000. Francine Hardaway said she ‘freaked out’. “I was horrified and frightened,” said Hardaway, founder of Phoenix-based Stealth mode Partners. “When I

Senior citizen couple, Joanne Rodriguez, points out the chipped and faded paint job on her home. The HOA sent Joanne a letter demanding her to paint her home. Joanne explained how she can’t afford to get the house painted, due to being the sole caregiver of her husband, Eddie, who has dementia and recently broke