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Self-serving Politics of HOA Management Industry Influences HOA Community Board Members |
Wednesday, 10 August 2016 |
Special Report â Part Two: HOA Bureaucrats Overstep Their Authority
Bluffview Greens Books & Records Closed to Members â Lack of Service â No Transparency... While
Bluffview Greens members were not paying close attention, the ugly
reality set in. Homeowners had paid a big price, and been deprived of their
rights. The Board of Directorsâ spending habits
defied logic, when attorney fees exceeded the yearly budget during the first
quarter of 2016... The board walked the neighborhood trying to convince members to take their
names off the petition. In fact one
homeowner made it clear that she would not remove her name; but the board
deliberately removed the name anyway, without permission... SEE PART ONE - Editorial Feature - Are Homeownersâ Rights a Myth? |
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HOA Services Not Delivered |
Monday, 08 August 2016 |
HOA Board Members are paying for services not delivered
It appears the
Board members have no solutions to the dilemma either, yet HOA members continue
to pay for management services that are not being provided. The question is, will Bluffview Greens members be reimbursed for the time First Service Residential
management is shut down? ...The fact is the annual Landscape Maintenance
Contract price of $10,000.00 actually includes three (3) seasonal floral plantings per year. A service we discovered
that has been routinely ignored. ..., over the past four (4) years there
have only been two (2) plantings.
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Dinosaurs Make HOA Board Members Grumpy |
Saturday, 11 June 2016 |
HOA Roaring Over Dinosaurs in Texas Woman's Yard
On The Commons is a weekly radio show, dedicated to discussing the many issues surrounding homeowner associations (HOAs).
Those darling dinosaurs, happily
grazing in a Texas yard brought smiles to the faces of children of all ages.
The grumpy board members of the inevitable HOA, not so much. They
decided that the dynamic duo had to leave "or else...." Notwithstanding
the grumpy ones, the residents of this neighborhood all wanted a pair of
dinosaurs of their own - at least for a while. And thus began an amazing
journey and a lesson for all of us, including the grumpy group. Are you
listening?
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HOAs and Local Tyranny on El Conservador |
Tuesday, 07 June 2016 |
George Rodriguez Talk Show,
Local Tyranny and Home Ownersâ Association
â HOAs are
organizations that are supposed to protect private
property rights,
specifically those of home owners. However, what happens when an HOA board
begins to push its own agenda and abuse its power? What recourse exists for the
private property owner in a fight with a HOA? Beanie Adolph with âTexas
Homeowners for HOA Reformâ tells about her efforts in the Texas legislature,
and Janet Ahmad with Home Owners for Better Building talks about her personal
fight with an HOA. Listen and learn, because the defense of freedom and liberty
starts in your backyard.
Listen to George Rodriguez, First Guest: Beanie Adolph.
Second Guest Janet Ahmad, begins @ 27:52
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Behind HOA Iron Gates - Part One |
Tuesday, 07 June 2016 |
Behind HOA Iron Gates
Texas Monthly Report â Conflicts-and-Interests: âHOAs have become a big business. They generate $40 billion in annual assessment revenue (the dues collected from individual homeowners) and $35 billion in reserves, representing a huge government-like contracting opportunity â only without all the procurement safeguards and transparency guarantees expected of taxpayer-supported entities.â A year ago the gated community of Bluffview Greens elected an unopposed board of directors. Eight months later, the Board had AMS / First Service Associationâs management attorney file a new governing document âResolutionâ at the County Courthouse that nullified previous board decisions. It wasn't until two months after that, the Board - under pressure - finally notified the members of the Resolution filing.
In an attempt to explain the boardsâ justification, the President wrote: âI think that you would agree that, if a political party is voted into an office, it does not need to follow the previous partyâs decisions, regulations, policies, and laws. In fact, I would hope you agree that the voters voted for the new party to have
the rules changed.â⦠Paris Constantzos, President of the Board of Directors Bluffview Greens Homeowners Association. Read more... |
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Big Corporate Business of HOA Non-Judicial Foreclosures |
Wednesday, 10 February 2016 |
Texas Consumers Call for Investigation of Property Management Industry
and Attorney Misconduct
See Home Owners for Better Building Press Release
Read WFAA Report Featuring Senator Carona Walk Out
See Associa Priority of Payment Attorney Fee First Contract:
#1 Attorney Fees - #6 Homeowners Dues
Big Corporate Business of HOA Foreclosures
1,425% Profits for the Non-Profits HOA Empire - The Hammer of HOA Foreclosures
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The Quorum Report: Senator West - may be best possible in this political environment |
Tuesday, 26 January 2016 |
HOA REFORMERS SAY WEST'S BILL STILL NEEDS TWEAKING
The latest iteration of what has become a perennial effort to reform homeownersâ associations (HOAs) has hit a bit of a speed bump â the would-be reformers themselves... âIf it passes the way it is, itâs not good for us,â said Janet Ahmad of the Texas HOA Reform Coalition. âIt legitimizes a private government. We donât need another government in our lives. Itâs a funded mandate.â See March 23, 2011 hearing on SB142 Part II |
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Home Builders bill with Fraudulent Intentions |
Sunday, 12 October 2014 |
HOA homeowners oppose construction defects legislation
âSenator Ulibarri is about to introduce a bill that should be called the âHorrors of Homeownership Act,ââ said Molly Foley-Healy, chair of CLAC. âSenator Ulibarriâs stated goal is to create more affordable housing, but this bill has nothing to do with affordable housing. Instead, it hurts the very people he said he wanted to help. It effectively blocks homeowners from holding builders responsible for their shoddy construction and leaves homeowners living in HOAs to pick up the tab for repairing the defects.â |
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BEWARE OF HOA PAYMENT PLANS |
Thursday, 29 December 2011 |
New laws affect HOAs and homeowners starting Jan. 1
In years past in Texas, HOAs could foreclose on a property owner in as little as a month for non-payment of its assessments. âYou can get yourself caught up in a credit payment plan that makes payday loans look good, if you arenât careful,â said Janet Ahmad, president of Homeowners for Better Building. And if youâre wondering how the HOA is spending your assessments, you can now request a copy of the agencyâs recordkeeping. But beware, even that may cost you in copying costs and employee hours to procure it. âThis open records request is extremely lucrative for -- again -- the management companies,â added Ahmad. |
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HOA pushes for green grass during drought |
Tuesday, 28 June 2011 |
Texas HOA demands green grass in a drough
...this HOA, he said, that suggested it, after they found patches of dirt amongst the withered blades in his front yard...SAWS officials say they have yet to see any homeowner deed restrictions that demand homeowners keep their lawns green. And as a public water utility, SAWS has no jurisdiction over HOAs. But the utility is asking all associations to think of brown grass as the new green, at least for now in stage-2 restrictions. |
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Bad HOA Ex Board President is thorn in Ventura Community |
Wednesday, 08 June 2011 |
Ousted HOA president demands millions
Former Ventura HOA president Lisa Pfeiffer is at it again. She's filed a multi-million dollar claim against the homeowners association after being ousted from office last year after a News 4 WOAI Trouble Shooters investigation. Pfeiffer was forced to resign last November after I reported she had closed all board meetings, spent more than $100,000 to sue several homeowners and then rigged her own re-election. |
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