The following are excerpts taken from the statement by Jim Lane, Founder, NC HOA Laws Coalition, to the NC Select HOA Committee Hearing on Jan. 23, 2012.
We all look forward to our collective and joint efforts “to see the world anew” and to eliminate the Harm being done by HOAs to Homeowners, everywhere, not just in NC. . . . HOAs today do not exist for the benefit of Homeowners … which is VERY CLEAR to everyone who lives in an HOA Community.
It is the CCRs and Bylaws and the Mini-Government / Dictatorship created by our HOA “Laws” (as written by and for the direct benefit of HOA Attorneys, Developers and Property Managers) that is the ROOT CAUSE.
We are asking for a HOMEOWNER TASK FORCE be appointed by the Legislature to COMPLETELY INVESTIGATE and to COMPLETELY revamp ALL of the Laws …
Read the complete statement at Lane.
[...] advocate’s 10-point statement to NC HOA committee, HOAs today do not exist for the benefit of Homeowners, Statement to NC Select HOA [...]
I totally agree with the opinions expressed here regarding the onerous nature of Hoas. I, myself have become the victim of an Hoa that is trying everything in their power to foreclose on my condo, despite my good faith efforts to pay them from rentals gathered on my property. I pray for the powers that be to ammend the laws so that we are all protected from these legal thieves.
As they exist today HOAs are a money-generating racket full of abusive practices, under the guise of protecting property values – while actually destroying the desirability of homes in their fiefdoms.
In addition, with no actual disclosure of their onerous and abusive nature, peddled as friendly community-run committees – they don’t show their fangs until you sign on the dotted line.
Freedom from abusive practices and lack of disclosure of the true contentious nature and financial secrecy of HOAs is sorely needed!
Thank you again, Mr. Staropoli. You, and not our apparently deaf or noncaring representatives, are one of the only ones trying to make a real difference for the millions trapped in abusive communities.
Judith L. Corey MD
New Orleans, LA