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HOA Books/Reports of Special Interest

The Case Against State Protection of Homeowners Associations
George K. Staropoli
StarMan Publishing, LLC
2003, ebook edition, 163 pp, 5 1/2 x 8 1/2  $5.00 ebook price 
ISBN 0-9744488-1-8

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Buyer's Guide to Living in a Community Association
George K. Staropoli, editor
Citizens Against Private Government HOAs, inc
2001, 120 pp, paperback, $5.00

StarMan Publishing, LLC
2003, 117 pp, eBook edition, $3.00
ISBN 0-9744488-0-X

Review

Books to help you better understand common interest communities and their private government nature. Book reviews by Fred Pilot on these and other HOA books can be found at Info.

Privatopia:Homeowner Associations and the Rise of Residential Private Government	Homeowners Associations: Nightmare or a Dream Come True?
Fortress America: Gated Communities in the Unites States	Neighborhood Politics: Residential Community Associations in American Governance
Under Mushroom Clouds: Homeowners vs Homeowner associations	Villa Appalling!: Destroying the Myth of Affordable Community Living

Report on Arizona Legislature and its failure on HOA reforms, 8/00 - 5/02, Arizona (PDF)

A Case Against State Protection of Homeowner Associations Myth (2 min download)

What the Public Doesn't Know About Homeowners Associations and Why

Homeowner rights pioneer advocate Prof. Evan McKenzie Speaks Out. (pdf)

A California Appeals court explains adhesion contracts and determinations in regard to unconscionable contracts not as good public policy. Required reading for applicability to the CC&R adhesion contract.

CAI and its Noble Purpose for a Better America Community Associations book review

Under Mushroom Clouds: Homeowners vs. Homeowner associations
Georgia Hotton
Georgian Educational Services
224 page  paperback 4 1/2 x 7 1/2, $20
ISBN# 0-9748539-0-9
georgia5_2002@hotmail.com

The author says, "There is a real need for legislation to protect these owners who rarely have any idea what they are getting into ... from Florida to California ... the laws protect the original developers and the association board of directors.  They do  not protect the individual rights of residents of these common interest communities".  Reviewer Mustapha adds, "She has personal experience and has done extensive research for her book.  It includes a  series of essays related to greed, power, and arrogance that often come down to  mind-set or the thinking that the board knows best".

Buyer's Guide to Living in a Community Association
George K. Staropoli, editor
Citizens Against Private Government HOAs, inc
120 page paperback, $5.00

As a result of a personal difficulty with his homeowner association's board, the author/editor broaden his research and has uncovered more universal, more commonplace aspects of how living in a homeowner controlled property differs from living in a non-controlled property. The use of the phrase "HOA controlled property" is deliberate and hits to the heart of the matter. Those rights, privileges, freedom of decision and personal property rights a citizen has come to expect, and grew up with, are severely affected when your property is in an HOA.

You, the owner, and your home are subject to the Covenants, Conditions & Restrictions that is agreed to when you sign on the "bottom line". And they do mean conditions, restrictions and promises to keep! The courts have taken such a position and have imposed severe penalties on Boards of Director for not enforcing these provisions. There is no appeal, no oversight review process to challenge board decisions. You do not have "equal protection under the law" since courts and other government agencies regard the HOA as a personal contract between buyer and association.

Most of the time, and in most homeowner associations, the homeowner can enjoy the benefits of the governing documents that protects property values, but when something goes wrong it really can go wrong. And it's the homeowner who lacks protection.

This booklet presents those factors that are not advertised by the developer, nor by the real estate agent, nor of which are you warned by the government. Actual examples are presented revealing how far an HOA board can go and the extent of the lack of protection available to a homeowner.