tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5060417.post5576652297565327309..comments2023-11-05T06:18:25.377-06:00Comments on The Privatopia Papers: From CCHAL: Disabled vet gets elevator (update)Evan McKenziehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04479661304143631524noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5060417.post-4445864964082834832012-09-10T14:24:47.151-05:002012-09-10T14:24:47.151-05:00No doubt the lawyers will be quick to advise the H...No doubt the lawyers will be quick to advise the HOA corp of its authority to impose special assessments to collect monies to pay for attorney fees. CAI's #2 Public Policy (only after "anything is justified under the pretext of aesthetics") is to promote unlimited assessment powers (no caps) in order to facilitate this nonsense.<br /><br />One should note that PCM is part of Texas Senator John Carona's legion of HOA management companies. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5060417.post-25000725504849403392012-09-10T11:51:11.208-05:002012-09-10T11:51:11.208-05:00"But apparently neither the CACM professional..."<i>But apparently neither the CACM professionals or the lawyers told the board that disabled Perrin is protected by both state and federal laws – or maybe they did, but everyone chose to ignore them.<br />. . .<br />But we do have to ask WHY a board paying for so much “expertise” from lawyers, certified property managers, and industry professionals could obstruct his legitimate for reasonable accommodation and reasonable modification of his home? We still don’t have an answer to that question.</i>"<br /><br />The answer to that question is ridiculously simple.<br /><br />The "industry professionals advising them" -- <i>ie</i>, property management companies and H.O.A. law firms -- aren't the ones who have to pay the costs of their bad advice.<br /><br />To the contrary, the longer they can convince H.O.A. boards-of-directors to drag out litigation, regardless of the outcome, the more "the industry professionals advising them" profit.<br /><br />It is one of the many perverse incentives and moral hazards built into the H.O.A. corporate structure that does nothing but externalize costs to the homeowners for the benefit of the industry vendors.<br /><br />And until those perverse incentives and moral hazards are addressed and dealt with, any attempt to reform H.O.A. corporations will fail (or worse).<br /><br />Oh, we may have the illusion of "reform" in the next 10 to 20 years, but don't expect conditions for homeowners to actually improve. Because counter-productive behavior by H.O.A. corporations isn't a bug, it's a feature.<br /><br />And finally, consider this: Mr. Perrin is -- along with every other homeowner -- going to have to pay the H.O.A. corporation's legal fees via his assessments (aka "H.O.A. dues"). I don't know what the legal fees ended up costing, but don't be surprised if the H.O.A. corporation has to impose a "special assessment" on the homeowners to pay its lawyers.The Right To Own Your Homehttp://www.righttoown.orgnoreply@blogger.com