Elizabeth Razzi of the Washington Post wrote today that "A new Virginia law will create a Common Interest Community Board, which will have an ombudsman to field complaints from homeowners. It will take months to get the new board up and running. Eventually, there will be links to it from the Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation's Web site at http://www.dpor.virginia.gov."
"Montgomery County is one of the few jurisdictions in the area that has had a mechanism in place to intervene in [such] disputes." They recently ordered the Devonshire East Homeowners Association in Rockville to pay Jo-Ann Fiscina's legal expenses, which she said exceed $20,000.
Before Southampton ends up with a legal bill for the Board's refusing to have a hearing, and/or answer questions, on the $8885 plus spent defending Thompson and Handley in a criminal trial, do call the Chairman, Frank Conforti, on (703) 892-0891 and express your concerns.
Sunday, June 1, 2008
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There are some interesting comments on this bill at http://www.richmondsunlight.com/bill/2008/sb301/.
One person wrote that " Ms. Suit's bill would appoints the fox, in the form of CAI affiliated HOA managers and lawyers, (they're all in the same trade association), to manage the henhouse.
. . . Ms. Suit's political contributions include $7,000 from the Va Association of Community Managers (a CAI affiliated trade association WITHIN a trade association), $5,000 fro the Great Eastern property management company, $1,500 from the Princess Ann property management company, and $1,250 from Pia Trigiani, a CAI affiliated lawyer from Northern Virginia and a member of CAI's Legislative Action Committee."
Another wrote: "This bill does, in fact, appear to have been drafted BY the HOA management industry FOR the HOA management industry.
"Millions of Virginians live in HOAs and "HOA Horror Stories" have become commonplace. We are long past the time when the legislature can accept the claim of the HOA industry that these stories are "isolated incidents." Moreover, even a cursory search on the internet indicates that law firms and management companies associated with the Community Association Institute appear to be on the wrong side of a disproportionately high percentage of HOAs with "horror stories." CAI does not appear to have, much less to be, the "solution" to the HOA problem."
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