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Texas HOA & Condo News from CAN
News item about Homeowner and Condominium associations in Texas, compiled by the Community Associations Network

• Condo owners v. Mother Nature
  Three Diamond Beach condo owners and their Houston attorney are blaming the developer for Ike's havoc in Galveston County court, claiming a misrepresentation was made about the Galveston seawall in the sales pitch.
• McKinney HOA files liens on 80 homes
  A McKinney homeowners association is trying to force its members to pay their dues by filing liens against the homes falling behind payments.
• Condo builder misled plaintiffs about units' safety behind Galveston seawall
  A Galveston County couple and a California woman claim a Galveston condominium builder misinformed them about the ability of the Galveston seawall to protect the property from hurricanes.
• Texas' swift foreclosure process puts struggling homeowners in a bind
  Even as banks streamline programs to renegotiate troubled mortgages, efforts to help Texas homeowners are being hindered by the state's fast-track foreclosure process, according to housing counselors and government officials
• Dallas area seeing projects left in limbo
  And the Dallas area is once again seeing a few unfinished projects sitting idle.
• Colony Lakes subdivision presents plaque to police chief for reduced crime
  A year after assuming leadership as president of the Colony Lakes Homeowners Association, Robin Elackatt and board members have made significant strides in improving the 619 home site master-planned community, including initiating efforts to reduce area crime.
• Gone in an Instant: Fire Destroys Six Families' Homes
  Six families have to find a new place to live after a fire destroys two condominiums and damages more homes nearby. The fire broke out around 3am Sunday morning in a development near Thousand Oaks and 281.
• Controversial Cinco Ranch Sign Proposal Takes New Twist
  It now appears more likely the Cinco Ranch Residential Property Owners Association board will also have a say in Cinco MUD12’s controversial proposal to build a number of new monuments signs at Cinco Ranch entrances along The Grand Parkway.
• Investigator: Fire in 4 Condo Units 'Definitely an Act of Arson'
  Mezayek said the development, which once completed will consist of 120 units, had recently installed the surveillance system because of vandalism
• Community running out of patience as it awaits promised park
  A sign stands before six acres of empty land in the middle of a North McAllen subdivision.
• Homeowner's Obama sign stirs controversy in Pflugerville
  Homeowner Melanie Fish has political signs in her yard, but those aren't the ones in question. It's the one on her fence that the homeowners association is telling her to take down.
• Neighborhood association revokes land for Kingwood recycling center
  An association that manages several acres of land near the Kingwood Park & Ride, which the City of Houston had planned to use for a permanent recycling center, decided last week not to donate it after receiving complaints from residents
• Carrollton homeowners group sues resident over dues payments
  A Carrollton man says his homeowners association is trying to take his home for what originally amounted to a jar's worth of change – $266.82 in what he calls inadvertently missed dues payments.
• Call 4 Action: Damaged Condo
  A Laguna Vista issued a Call 4 Action after damage to his condo from Hurricane Dolly remains unfixed almost three months after the storm hit the Rio Grande Valley.
• Condos are some of the most eco-friendly dwellings
  Believe it or not, condominiums may be some of the most environmentally responsible housing out there today, especially since more and more developers are paying attention to sustainability from the get-go.
• Investors sue to recover $1.65 M from fraudulent condo development
  In 2005, two Arkansas men thought they were investing $1.65 million in a hot deal in North Carolina to develop condominiums on the last available beachfront on the entire East Coast.
• Single mom operating in-home daycare battles HOA
  A single mother trying to make a living says an HOA is threatening to shut down her in-home daycare.
• Future uncertain for Ike damaged units
  Hundreds of residents of a Clear Lake condo complex still have not been able to return home since Hurricane Ike hit.
• Ike Leaves $83 Million In Damage To El Lago
  Those condos have been deemed "unsafe and uninhabitable," words no new condo owner wants to hear.
• Home Association Threatens to Take Homeowner's House Over $176
  A west Houston woman could soon lose her home over $176 dollars.
• HOA threat fails to faze Frisco homeowner (video)
  Thieu Nguyen has been fighting with his homeowners association over a green fence. Soon, he may not have that home - or the fence that goes with it.
• FEMA denies aid to thousands
  In the days after Hurricane Ike hit, thousands of people applied for assistance through FEMA. Some have been given the help they need, but a lot more have been told they do not qualify. It's a frustrating situation for a lot of people.
• Elderly Man Under Investigation For Keying Cars
  Jeppe lives in an upscale neighborhood where he serves on the board of his homeowners association. Neighbors describe him in that role as short fused and heavy handed.
• Coppell resident locks horns with homeowners association over Obama yard signs
  Surely, he figured, his Coppell homeowners association couldn’t force him to pull up his small yard signs supporting Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama.
• Getting to know your homeowner association
  There is a lot of uncertainty when it comes to understanding the scope of power of a homeowner's association and News 8'S Luke Ellis sheds some light on the subject.
• Inspection fees waived for home complaints
  The Texas Residential Construction Commission will likely waive all inspection fees incurred on homes built by Affiliates LLC and First Home.
• Frisco Homeowner Loses Appeal, Must Keep Pickup in Garage
  As you drive through the Stonebriar neighborhood where Jim Greenwood lives, you see all makes and models of cars and SUVs, even a porta-potty in one driveway, but what you won't see are non-luxury pickup trucks.
• Man seeks to redevelop Lake Dallas condo area
  A Corinth man has proposed buying the common-area properties belonging to the people of Harbortown Villas in hopes that he can