Homeowner challenges HOA in court

Video Courtesy of Channel 8 News, Tampa

Reporting By Shannon Behnken

Published May 12, 2012

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The Bridgewater Homeowner's Association evicted JoAnne McCarn's tenant and moved in their own. All over a missed HOA fee that ballooned in to a lien for thousands of dollars.

 

Some court rulings really make you wonder: Is this American Justice?

A homeowner, who admittedly failed to pay a small amount of dues, was literally dispossessed of her private property. Is failure of paying association due reason enough for a judge to allow a HOA to evict the tenant, change the locks, move in their own renters and threaten the homeowner with arrest if she comes near her home -- the home still deeded in her name and no foreclosure proceedings even started?

Judge Robert P. Cole, Sixth Judicial Circuit

Association Attorney Geraldine Holloway

 

WHEN WILL THIS NONSENSE STOP? 


Has a Pasco County HOA gone too far?

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