Overview When a dispute begins with your HOA, how you handle the early stages can determine everything that comes after. Most homeowners understandably feel angry, anxious, or overwhelmed when a board acts unfairly, ignores concerns, or issues questionable violations....
Overview Some California HOAs try to save money by hiring outside contractors to perform maintenance, repair, and replacement work on common area components (e.g., roofs, landscaping, plumbing, etc.). Those contractors may enter, cross, or work near individual homes,...
Overview For many California homeowners, the CC&Rs feel overwhelming. That’s perfectly normal because they aren’t written for laypeople. They are long, almost always filled with outdated, legal jargon-filled language, and packed with technical provisions that seem...
Overview Conflicts of interest often operate out of view until the damage has already been done. These are situations where an HOA director uses their position to benefit themselves, a friend, or a favored vendor. Homeowners usually discover the problem only after a...
Overview Understanding the role that an Architectural Review Committee (ARC) plays in a California HOA can be very confusing. For one thing, such committees are not always called ARCs. Sometimes you’ll see the term Architectural Control Committee (ACC), and sometimes...
Overview California’s Internal Dispute Resolution process, known as IDR, is governed by Civil Code 5910-5915 and is part of California’s Davis-Stirling Act. HOAs are required to provide a “fair, reasonable and expeditious” process to resolve disputes between the HOA...
