The Annual Budget Ratification for Homeowner Associations with Outdated Budgets Question: My homeowners’ association (“HOA”) board presented members an outdated budget for us to ratify for the current …
HOA Fines – Revenue or Enforcement? Question: Can a North Carolina homeowners’ association impose a recurring fine for a violation of the restrictive covenants (CCRs) after the violation …
North Carolina Community Association Legislative Wrap-Up – July 2017 Courtesy of Greensboro attorney Jim Slaughter of Black, Slaughter, Black, following is a summary of the status of …
Can My HOA Do This? This week’s column was written by my law partner Cynthia Jones, who is licensed to practice law in North and South Carolina. …
Should Using the Pool Cost You More? Question: Are there any homeowners associations (“HOAs”) that assess dues to different homes based upon the individual homeowners’ use of or …
Dealing with a Difficult Developer Question: The developer of our community is refusing to turn over control of our homeowners’ association (HOA) to the homeowners even though all …
E-mail Intelligence – Does Your Board Possess it? This week’s column was written by my colleague Donna Dimaggio Berger. Donna is a Shareholder in the law firm …
HOA Boards must be wary of potential conflicts of interest Question: What is a reasonable course of action for homeowners who have legitimate concerns about a board member …
Can an HOA collect after a mortgage foreclosure? Question: When there are past-due HOA assessments for a property, and a mortgage lender forecloses on the property and takes …
GOLF CART CRUISIN’ ON PUBLIC ROADS This week’s column was written by Bill Hamel. A few years ago I wrote an article titled “Is Golf Cart …