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In my above post the final URL did not highlight correctly. http://texas.ahrc.com/engine.php/submission;page=input, READ THIS LETTER (press release) =============================================== August 1, 2006 Dear Texas Homeowner: You may have heard about the abuse of power by rogue HOA boards, Because we want to protect the citizens of Texas from HOA abuse, we, a Most Texans want HOAs. But most Texans also want protection from HOA The legal scales have tipped so that HOAs, property management Powerful groups exist to protect this imbalance and to create even more We need regulation to protect Texans from HOA abuse. We have laws to protect Texans from murder - even though most Texans We ask you to join us. We are not against HOAs. We are against abuse. THE HIDDEN GRAB OF POWER OVER THE LAST TWENTY YEARS Like most Texans, you may not know how a powerful group of property Until the early 1980's, Texas law reflected the simple maxim: "A man's Texas law has changed with each legislative session: granting to HOA Most homeowners in HOAs have no idea of the injustices that abound. Baseless violation letters are used to harass homeowners - without the Huge fees are generated by and for the attorney, none of which benefit Now the lobbyists for the property management companies and attorneys Specifically, they propose a new law - a "uniform law" (Texas Uniform That "uniform law" would so empower the property management companies We want to protect the citizens of Texas from the abuse of power that Our goals are: · To eliminate the HOA foreclosure threat to Texas homeowners. The HOA lobbyists have been in control for decades, and homeowners have All Texans must unite to protect their rights, their property. Join http://www.TexasHOAreform.org/ Become a member. Together we can reclaim our rights - our United we can demand that our State Legislators represent us and not
Here it is again along with the text of the letter it related to.
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The following is a press release from Beanie Adolph for Texas
homeowners For HOA Reform.org
PRESS RELEASE
property managers, and attorneys in the Houston area.
group of Texas homeowners throughout the state, have formed a new
organization - TEXAS HOMEOWNERS FOR HOA REFORM, INC. - to try in some
small way to give Texas homeowners a fighting chance for protection
against the almost unlimited powers of HOAs.
abuse. Right now, no law and no group offer this protection.
companies, and their attorneys have almost unlimited power against
homeowners.
laws giving ever-more power to the property management companies and
their attorneys, but no group with any power exists to protect
homeowners from this abuse.
are not murderers. We have laws to protect Texans from drunk drivers -
even though most Texans are not drunk drivers. We have laws to protect
Texans from fraud, theft, embezzlement, and numerous other crimes -
even though most Texans never commit such crimes. We have no laws to
protect Texas homeowners from HOA abuse.
management companies and HOA attorneys has quietly and methodically
changed Texas law - taking away the basic rights of Texas homeowners.
home is his castle". You may think that this still reflects Texas law,
but it does not.
boards complete legislative, executive and judicial power over
homeowners, so that a homeowner in conflict with his board must file
costly litigation in any attempt to obtain justice.
Foreclosure filings against their neighbors are done in effective
secrecy unless the victim complains publicly.
knowledge of their nearest neighbors. This is a very lucrative
business. Thousands of foreclosure filings occur in Houston every year
over trivial amounts. ( See www.HOAdata.org).
the neighborhood. Management companies' contracts often include
incentive fees to create violations and to turn matters over to
attorneys.
want to expand this injustice from the Houston area to ALL OF TEXAS.
Planned Community Act, or "TUPCA") which would bring to the rest of
Texas the unchecked power of HOAs in the Houston area. A few years ago,
these same groups pushed for a similar "uniform law" in Arizona.
and attorneys that one proponent, Lynn Jordan, stated that it should be
their policy even to "...COERCE (and) BRIBE...states to adopt a uniform
act." In the face of such a commitment to take power from homeowners we
must commit ourselves to fight for our rights.
the law has given to property management companies and attorneys - and
from the power they yet seek to take.
· To correct Property Code Chapters 204 through 209, restoring
homeowners' control of their own property as opposed to HOA boards
having "all powers".
· To seek justice and equal treatment for Texas homeowners under the
Constitutions of Texas and of the United States.
· To correct Property Code Section 5.006 so a homeowner has an equal
opportunity in any HOA suit to receive an award of attorney fees.
· To make all Texas HOAs subject to the Open Records and Open
Meetings Acts.
suffered because of it.
with us. Go to our website:
constitutional protections.
the lobbyists. United we can once again be a Government of the People.