HOA & Community Associations

4+ hour, 50+ min ago   (378+ words) An Arizona man lost the home he bought for nearly half a million dollars after falling just $977 behind on homeowners association fees — with the property ultimately selling back to the HOA for a mere $8,172. Toby Newton purchased the four-bedroom Mesa…...

6+ hour, 10+ min ago   (759+ words) The most significant HOA reform in decades just passed in Georgia. If an overreaching homeowners association has ever threatened your financial fitness with surprise fines or aggressive collection tactics, Georgia just handed its residents a tool most states do not…...

8+ hour, 14+ min ago   (402+ words) The legislative session ended Aug. 31, and several HOA bills are on the governor’s desk awaiting approval. Assembly Bill 2692, one of the more interesting bills, was signed on Aug. 24 as an urgency measure and is effective immediately. Many older California HOAs…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (763+ words) The new board at Heron Bay, one of Broward County’s largest homeowners associations, walked back some of the most contentious provisions of its proposed landlord and leasing rules, canceling a set of proposals that roiled owners and tenants in the…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (546+ words) A couple facing health challenges in Mesa, AZ, have lost their home to foreclosure after their homeowners association sued over an initial debt of less than $1,000. Toby Newton purchased the four-bedroom home in East Mesa for $475,000 in 2022. But in 2024, Newton…...

1+ day, 20+ min ago   (577+ words) A HOMEOWNER is speaking out after his $450,000 property was taken away and sold at auction for just $8,000. He owed $977 in fees to his Homeowners’ Association, but was unable to pay the thousands of dollars in attorney’s fees. Toby Newton, a…...

2+ day, 14+ hour ago   (1158+ words) Toby Newton intended to retire in the house he purchased four years ago in southeast Mesa’s Superstition Springs community. The 53-year-old man, however, is losing his home after he fell behind in his HOA dues of $877, which with principal came…...

3+ day, 15+ min ago   (549+ words) Q: We came home recently to find a gushing water leak in a neighbor’s yard. We tried to contact the neighbor. The front door has a gate with no doorbell. The windows have solar screens. There was a light on in…...

3+ day, 9+ hour ago   (656+ words) A Torrance condo owner was already paying to live in a community with a homeowners association. Then another bill arrived, and this one was for more than $49,000. Stephen Wang told ABC7 Los Angeles that the charge is a special assessment tied…...

4+ day, 18+ hour ago   (568+ words) The owner described the draft as "riddled with misapplied and made-up laws created by AI." An Arizona condo owner says a five-page proposal from their HOA allegedly ballooned into a 17-page document packed with what the resident described as AI-generated…...