A homeowner, with permission from his homeowners association, built a fire pit on a common area for all to use. The city officials have stated that they should have gotten permission from them, since the area is city property. They are being forced to remove the fire pit.
A woman running for City Commission is seen in a surveillance video breaking into the office of her homeowners association. Along with fellow homeowners, they ransacked the office, emptied desks, destroyed security equipment, took a computer hard drive and stole $13,000 in checks made out to the HOA. She claims it was to protect the property of homeowners.
The alleged mastermind of a massive take over scheme of homeowners associations in Las Vegas, is scheduled to plead guilty in federal court after previously pleading not guilty.
A woman who embezzled more than $300,000 from her employer, a homeowners association, is sentenced to 30 months in a federal prison. She has no chance of parole and is responsible for paying restitution.
Living in a nice neighborhood or a secure association, can lead to a false sense of security. Crime can occur anywhere and the author encourages homeowners to keep garage doors and garage entry doors, into your home, locked at all times.
A woman who has been overcharged on her waste management bill for the past two years, is encouraging her fellow association members to review their bills for discrepancies.
A man went to the sauna in his association and died because the sauna overheated, burning him to death. The family is suing the association for wrongful death.
A homeowners association is suing a resident for not parking his truck in the garage, but for leaving it parked in the driveway. The regulations limit driveway vehicles to "private, passenger-type pleasure automobiles" and the homeowner states the truck is his personal vehicle, not used for business.
A woman has video of someone trying to set her house on fire. She thinks it is tied to her job as the President of her homeowners association and the anti-crime efforts she has made in her community.
Plumbing parts that were installed in a downtown Portland condominium tower, have failed and the manufacturer of those parts must pay the owners more than $2 million, after a court found them defective.
