Mitchellville residents calling for HOA elections after alleged bylaw violations

8/12/10–Mitchellville residents calling for HOA elections after alleged bylaw violations
Woodmore South homeowners say board members’ terms wrongfully extended.  Seehttp://www.gazette.net/stories/08122010/lanhnew175506_32539.php for the full story.

Judge finds Maryland HOA cannot fine rulebreaker (The Gazette, April 1, 2011)

6/15/11- Judge finds Maryland HOA cannot fine rulebreaker (The Gazette, April 1, 2011)
Montgomery County Circuit Court Judge Terrence J. McCann ruled in April that an HOA in Gaithersburg had no legal right to collect fines from a homeowner when fining was instituted by a bylaws change requiring only a small number of homeowners to pass.  For the full story, click above.

OAG Takes Action Against Condo Board

6/6/12: OAG Takes Action Against Condo Board: In response to multiple unit owner complaints about violations, the Office of Consumer Protection (OAG), Office of the Maryland Attorney General, recently entered into an “Assurance of Discontinuance” with a Maryland condominium association board of directors for violating the MD Condominium Act. Click above for more information.

Reporting HOA/Condo Debt Collectors

6/26/12: Reporting HOA/Condo Debt Collectors to the new Federal Consumer Protection Agency: Maryland homeowners who are experiencing abusive debt collection practices from their HOA or Condo association or from agencies hired to collect assessments, fines and fees should file a complaint with the Federal Consumer Protection Agency.  This agency cannot investigate such claims now, but the FCPA encourages consumers to file complaints so they can see the extent of the problem.

Gaithersburg, Maryland Considers Dispute Resolution Services for HOAs.

10/11/12-Gaithersburg, Maryland Considers Dispute Resolution Services for HOAs. Clickhere for the full Gazette article.

MHA supports Alliance for a Better Columbia (ABC)

12/8/12-MHA supports Alliance for a Better Columbia (ABC) in its proposed legislation to make all Columbia Association (CA) lien-payers members of CA.  At the moment, only the 10 members of the Columbia Board of Directors are members of the association.  Links to the draft legislation and the rationale and major benefits are below:

Draft legislation

Rationale and Major Benefits

Commission on Common Ownership Communities (CCOC). Office of Consumer Protection

12/18/13-Commission on Common Ownership Communities (CCOC). Office of Consumer Protection, Montgomery County, Maryland, Fall 2013 Newsletter. Click onCCOC Newsletter Fall 2013.pdf

Commission on Common Ownership Communities (CCOC)

Commission on Common Ownership Communities (CCOC), Office of Consumer Protection, Montgomery County, Maryland, Spring 2014 Newsletter. Articles include “Enforcing Covenents and Rules” and “What is a Meeting?”  To access, click on: Spring 2014 CCOC Communicator.pdf