Your Homeowners Association Rights: Condo Rights & HOA Rights
By Dr. Joyce Starr | September 22, 2008
Filed under Condo - HOA Rights, Florida Condo Act, Home Foreclosures, Homeowner Rights, Topics & Guests
Dr. Joyce Starr – Your Condo Coach – HOA Coach. Homeowners Association Rights: Condo Association Rights & HOA Rights -Florida Condo Act FS 718 – Florida Law H 995.
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Topic: Important changes to Florida Condo Act FS 718 resulting from the recent passage of Florida Bill H 995.
Show Date: SEPTEMBER 24, 2008 at 5:00 PM. Join our mailing list on the right-hand sidebar to receive instant notification about future homeowner association rights broadcasts.
Guest: Jan Bergemann, President, Cyber Citizens for Justice, CCFJ.net. Back by popular demand, Jan Bergemann discusses condo association board candidate eligibility and certification.
He will also discuss the soon-to-be released CCFJ HOA REFORM SURVEY. Although final survey results are still being tallied, Jan provides important highlights. Condo & HOA owners demand reforms, especially regulatory agency enforcement reforms and increased accountability for the people in charge.
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The plunging housing market and roller-coaster stock market demonstrate that owners are being misled when told that condo associations and HOAs inherently protect property values.
To the contrary! Numerous condo associations and HOAs create a serious financial liability for their association members.
The many foreclosures and empty homes/units create a crippling financial burden for responsible owners. Associations have to raise the monthly fees and levy special assessments to cover the budget shortfalls caused by foreclosed and empty homes.
This results in greater financial strain on owners whose finances are already overburdened – causing more families to lose their homes!
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I would like to hear this program on condo issues. However, I do not have a sound card on my computer. Is this show broadcast on a regular radio station? What are the call letters? Thanks Jerald
REPLY:
Dear Jerald,
Thanks so much for your question. We air on Internet radio. However, please feel free to
urge your favorite stations to carry and syndicate our show. The good news: You
can purchase the replay and download it to an external player. The purchase
link will be available following the show.
Regards,
Dr. Joyce
Any more seminars on condo and homeowner’s association in the near future?
Hi Vivian,
Yes, I will offer a seminar on Pets in Condos in the Miami area in
April. Please join our list for notifications.
All the best,
Dr. Joyce
I am a unit owner in a HOA in Port Orange, FL. We purchased in December 2005. I have served as President and Treasurer intermittently. I recently discovered our primary Treasurer for the past 5 years has been steadily increasing our fees and recommending assessments while saving large sums of funds from year to year in the association savings account. When I served as Treasurer, I found over $7,000 from the previous year and pushed the Board to refund the money to the unit owners because we were already 4 months into the new fiscal year. Now this Treasurer has finally gotten enough Board members to vote for her large grass replacement project and suddenly we have $20,000 in excess funds to apply to this special project in our operating funds. What actions if any can I take to remedy this wrongful behavior?
Dear Catherine,
Complaints to to the Florida Ombudsman and/or the DBPR won’t help, because the Board took a legal vote. Alas, your only hope is a speedy Board recall (and they are rarely speedy). However, we offer a special report that might help: How to Recall Your Condo or HOA Board in Ten Easy Steps.