Renters, HUD housing, payment for easement

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PauG (Maryland)
Posts: 53

Posted:

Hi All,

I do not know what Maryland's law is on this, nor can our board of directors get a straight answer from our present manager (that's about to change).

1. Can a HOA require that homeowners notify their board when they are renting out their house? We have more problems with renters than owners.

2. Can we prevent HUD from renting or buying in our HOA?

3. A man has a piece of land behind our community. We have a small easement that leads up to his property. He has to put his sewer lines to his house through the easement to a small common area and have it attached to the city's sewer line. Our manager wants to charge him $5000 a year. Most of the board members want the owner to sign an agreement that he will restore any area disrupted by the project, replace trees and grass, and sign an agreement that he will be responsible for the maintanance of the line. The man said he would pay our HOA $600 a year and donate trees. It sounds high, $5000 a year to most of us, and if he tries to sell the property no one will buy it with that contingency. We have held him up from completing his home for 2 years.

Suggestions? Comments?

KathyS (California)
Posts: 145

Posted:

You can find Maryland HOA law at this web address:

http://www.communityassociations.net/states/maryland/maryland_main.html

You're governing documents or rules should state something about rentals. If they don't, the Board should have the right to make a resolution or put it to the vote of the members if the information should be provided. It only makes sense to protect yourself against renters who could care less about how they live. In our community, the homeowner landlords are willing to pay fines instead of making their tenats abide by the CC&R's. They raise the rent to cover the problem.

I never heard of HUD buying houses. I thought they provided the guidelines for housing in order to get HUD financing. Perhaps I'm confused on that one.

As for the easement, I think your manager is nuts. Fifteen years ago our association allowed a Senior Citizen Complex to tie into our sewer lines. There is a contract that states they "shall" pay for all maintainance to their part of the sewer line and half the cost of maintainance to the retention pond which is located on the association property before it goes into the City's sewer lines. If they do something that causes damage to our sewer lines, they are responsible. We have never had a problem.

With an iron clad contract, you shouldn't have any problems. We have 230 homes, they have 200 apartments. You are dealing with only one home. I think the man is being very reasonable offering the money and the trees.

Remember, it's the Board's decision not the managers.

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