NEW HOA DOCUMENTARY FILM, THE HOAX
Hi there, I'm Rodney Gray. I am a former U.S. Marine, an
actor and a filmmaker, who is currently directing and producing a feature
documentary on the homeowners' association (HOA) industry for submission to
film festivals and future distribution, but also as my MFA production thesis at
the University of North Texas.
My new film, The HOAX, follows an investigative
reporter, homeowners, and HOA reform activists as they reveal shocking evidence
of financial and psychological hardships experienced by people throughout Texas
and Nevada. A few of these people, including the filmmaker, have been the
subject of adverse actions from the very HOAs created to help them.
Please feel free to visit our websites to find out more
information, get updates and watch the teaser trailer.
The HOAX Movie Website:
The HOAX Trailer Tease and Campaign Website:
Spread the word and please share these links. Help us bring
injustices into the light.
Best to you all,
Rodney
3 comments:
Wonder if CAI will provide some input, address any of the issues raised, or explain how their public policies are protective of anything that benefits homeowners.
I'd sure like to know why CAI thinks the following are good things for homeowners:
i) justifying anything in the name of "aesthetics"
ii) unlimited assessment increases
iii) monopolies on video services (they call them "exclusive contracts")
iv) unfair and unscrupulous debt collection practices (they don't believe the federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act should apply)
v) and much of the rest of their "public policies"
Tyler Berding's take: at www.condoissues.blogspot.com/2012/04/big-time-hoa-reform-not-likely.html
While not agreeing with the premise of the film (i.e. that there is widespread abuse of owners
by management companies and boards of directors) it is clear that there are problems out there.
...
So, films like HOAX, and the constant drumbeat of those advocates who believe that the
community association form of housing is a mistake, can only repeat the obvious--
there are problems with it and there is occasional abuse of power by its governors.
But in fact they can't do very much about it. There is too much of this type of housing
and it meets too many important needs, to abandon it any time soon.
CAI's response when I asked to interview them:
"No. Our participation would lend credibility to a production that, based on the trailer, will simply bash community associations and the homeowner volunteers and professionals who work diligently to make them work." - Frank Rathbun, CAI Vice President, Communications and Marketing
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