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Dear Mr. Richardson,
Does the HOA board have an obligation to put homeowners’ reasonable comments, questions and other details in the minutes? For example, several months a
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Dear Mr. Richardson,
Our management company recently advised the board that they could no longer discuss any HOA business via “group” emails in between meetings,
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Hello Mr. Richardson,
I own a two bedroom condo with a balcony. We live in the area where a lot of smoke from a busy boulevard, so the balcony needs to be washed often. We
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Dear Sir,
How is it legal for a mobilehome park HOA to be registered with the government as a condominium association? What ramifications does that have on our CC&Rs? We’re
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Hi Kelly,
My spouse and I read your column regularly.
Recently our HOA called a meeting to let us know they want to change our CC&R’s specifically to have homeowners be re
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Dear Kelly,
I own units in many different HOAs, including one in Huntington Beach.
The HOA board has recently promulgated new rules regarding qualifications required for b
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Hey Kelly,
A new owner in our condo complex rented it to tenants who installed security cameras on the exterior of their unit, one on their front door and one on their balc
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Dear Mr. Richardson,
You have a very enlightening column. Our board is now requiring approval of any architectural changes within the individual owner’s unit. Seems this is
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Dear Kelly,
Our HOA reserves are extremely low and our collections are growing worse by the day. We are a gated community, many with renters. Can we deny owners/renters acc
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Dear Mr. Richardson,
I have been a director of a mid-sized association. About 90% of the homes are owner- occupied. For the last three years we have been unable to obtain a
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Dear Kelly,
Recently my family sold a house and paid over $700.00 in fees to the association, a large portion of which was for copies of rules and regulations to
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Dear Mr. Richardson,
I am wondering, are HOAs required to have a “Reserve” account or it is just recommended?
Thank you,
P.P. Rancho San Diego
Dear P.P.,
Reserve acco...
