As a member of my development’s homeowners’ association I know that we would not push a homeowner to foreclosure to pay dues. In this type of situation we would normally put liens on the house for the dues, but are very patient about giving them time to get caught up. This is the view of most homeowner associations regarding none-delinquent homeowner payment of dues.

But the grass needs to be cut, and you need to pay the lifeguards at the pool, etc. If all the homeowners decided they didn’t need to pay their HOA dues, every homeowner would lose access to the pool, would have to put up with overgrown weeds and the accompanying pests and other problems.

Our biggest losses come from homeowners filing bankruptcy, because HOA dues are forgiven by that process, as are liens on the house. Otherwise, we can collect when the house is sold.

The question becomes what to do when a homeowner abuses the process and stays in a home and does not pay, forcing the remaining homeowners to support him.

We have recently succeeded in assisting a HOA with a recalcitrant homeowner who had filed bankruptcy and wanted to stay without paying past, present or future payments as the foreclosing lender was not actively pursuing its foreclosure action.
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