Search▶ HOA Lawyers Bingo, bango, bongo or just BING Twitter Facebook Google Avvo.com While it's true that you find more than a million links for the topic above at the sites searched, you may not need to go any further than your neighborhood HOA to understand the powerful link between your association and the legal counsel they have hired▶ It also won't take you long to realize that the very same legal counsel is the primary roadblock to real transparency within your association, or at least that is the observation of this HOA citizen journalist. https://goo.gl/G4uGDn If you read the a series of search results and archive on topic (# transparency ), the question of how much or how little transparency exists in the typical common interest development (aka HOA) is answered only by personal experience ▶ As for our Inland Empire, Southern California HOA, the # transparency  experience is uneven, at best ▶  In California, the complicated Davis-Stir...

▶ #HOA roommates? http://altacities.com Follow @ALTALOMAN http://socialcurrentsee.com Deborah Goonan , Independent American Communities , browses far and wide through the some 338K USA homeowner associations to uncover perplexing issues, some that confound the mind. Such is this account from Sherwood Court, MN, and like the source, you may be amazed and concerned. You can read the details, but the clarion lesson is that homeowners who contemplate paid roommates in their dwellings better understand their HOA CC&Rs and don't let the HOA attorneys get involved in the dispute. http://altacities.com http://socialcurrentsee.com #ALTACITIES Blogs

#SocialCurrentSee : #Davis -Stirling ( #ALTACITIES archive via @Storify : When may a homeowner attorney attend HOA mtg? https://t.co/MU97gA1dow — Mike Foxworth (@ALTALOMAN) March 22, 2016 On multiple occasions in our common interest development (aka HOA) in the Inland Empire of Southern California ( Trilogy Glen Ivy ) we have been informed and have observed that the attorneys for the HOA are not that at all.  That is to say the attorneys, by their own declaration, have said they "only represent the board of directors" (BOD) and not the homeowners, titleholders who pay their bills. As strange as it seems, that peculiar relationship plays out, at times, in an adverse way with homeowners because the law and practice of HOA governance in 2016 does not allow homeowners to have legal counsel present at general (open) meetings of the board.  Of course, there are precious few instances when having private counsel at board meetings is necessary, but when it is...

Colorado construction defect statutes and affordability – Independent American Communities https://t.co/CvKU0Qpf9P — Mike Foxworth (@ALTALOMAN) January 30, 2016 HOMEOWNERS in common interest developments (aka HOAs) are not alone in their concern about construction defects found long after their purchase of real estate. This, of course, is a matter of the law where homeowners need expert legal advice and representation. Because the fact that lawyers for the other side in these complaints are hired to defend builders and developers with deep pockets, the counsel representing the homeowners or HOA must be experienced and successful in representing plaintiffs in such cases.   VIDEO  is not an endorsement for any law firm, but an educational presentation to help homeowners caught in this dilemma. Tweets about Burg Simpson LAUNCH A "NEXTDOOR"NEIGHBORHOOD FOR YOUR COMMUNITY Flip②▶

( CORONA   in sync with   ALTACITIES ) Our common interest development, aka homeowner association (or HOA) has a monthly newsletter.  The November 2015 issue has a helpful chart about how and where our monthly dues are allocated. To be specific, $80.90 of our $273.00 base dues are allocated for administrative expense.  That expense category includes legal services, but the specific legal expenses are not detailed due to confidentiality and attorney-client privileges. Because an HOA is, in fact, a nonprofit community benefit corporation, legal services are necessary and vital, starting with the drafting of bylaws and the covenants, rules, and regulations (CC&Rs). But beyond tending to the creation and modification of these documents, legal counsel is always involved in dispute and conflict resolution within and around the association.  To learn more about the legal affairs of HOAs, read about the Davis-Stirling Law  (DSL) in California. Without...

( CORONA   in sync with   ALTACITIES ) Here at TRILOGY GLEN IVY, the Shea/TWC suit (circa 2010) by TGMA is approaching a 5-year anniversary.  Homeowners were curiously sent an "status report" letter just recently by the lead plaintiff in the suit (our original HOA builder) and we were told that a response to that letter is due soon from the attorney four HOA board. The builder attorney disclosure to homeowners is a rare event. For sure, association boards always consult with legal counsel when a situation does not fall squarely within the mandatory disclosure categories. Failure to disclose may result in liability for the association, but giving too much information can also cause problems for an association.  Are we now getting too much information? ▶ Flip②▶  STORIFY  ♥  FLIPBOARD ★  BLOGGER  ▲ ALTACITIES  ® ▶  TWITTER [ View the story "HOA: Too litigious?" on Storify ]

Our common interest development (aka HOA) with 1317 homes south of Corona in the Inland Empire of Southern California is basically a peaceful, tranquil setting at the base of the Cleveland National Forest. That is not to say that we don't occasionally, maybe even regularly have homeowner and HOA governance or management issues that help to spike temperaments and blood pressures alike for this 55+ community.  One of the best unofficial monitors of neighborhood politics is a website message board called  Trilogynow . Unfortunately, I am a current outcast at the site due to violation of the host rules:  When writing about the California drought and the coming El Niño, I dared to provide an external link to amplify information on the subject.  The host of the message board, a former board member for our HOA, has such a proprietary, provincial view of his site, he will stifle, even censor communication for the most inane reasons. So, I am ...