WSOCTV.com - Special Reports - Legislator Looks At Changes To Homeowners Associations
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Homeowners associations are filing liens and threatening to foreclose on the houses of their own neighbors in communities all over Charlotte. They're doing it legally to members who are late paying their homeowners association dues. Rick Jasinski is one of dozens of people who contacted Eyewitness News, complaining that state law gives homeowners associations too much authority. "It just seems the power they have, it just seems like they've got a little more power than they should," Jasinski said.Homeowners associations have the power to foreclose on homes because the state legislature in Raleigh passed laws that make the foreclosures legal. But after Eyewitness News brought its investigation to Raleigh, some legislators say it's time to take a closer look at how far homeowners associations can go to collect their dues.
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Here's the typical pattern. The legislature usually decides it's time to convene a special select committee to research the issues and propose a few bills about closing the barn door...while the horse is about three counties away.