Changing HOA Management Company

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CameronC (California)
Posts: 1

Posted:

We are having a real hard time with our HOA here in California. They choose to operate similar to a dictatorship. Meetings are held about once per quarter, and owners are only allowed to participate in the meeting for the first half hour. After that, the board members and HOA personnel are allowed to deliberate and come to a decision. Our HOA fee for the condo complex is about $275 per month which we feel is highly excessive and has been going up for two years. Apart from this, there are other problems such as lack of information to owners, removal of security personnel without notification, etc. My question is if we can demand to switch management companies? Do we have to stay with the same HOA, or does the developer have a contract with an HOA management company?

JoeW1 (New York)
Posts: 728

Posted:

CameronC - Unless your by-laws require meetings more frequently than every quarter, the Board is not obligated to comply. Your Board is required to notify you properly, and to conduct itself in compliance with The Davis & Sterling Act & the Open Meeting Act go to davis-sterling.com, navigate the site and click on the blue link 1363.05 for the open meeting info. Any time the Board meets you are entitled to attend the meeting except during executive session. Go to section 1365 in Davis Sterling for Operating Budgets. It would be unusual for fees to go down, certainly they should keep pace with inflation and the need for repair and replacement of the common elements. You can demand to switch management companies but there's no guarantee you will be successful. Especially if the developer still has control over the Board.

BobM5 (California)
Posts: 34

Posted:

The selection of a management company is the responsibility of the board. It also appears that your board complies with the open meeting act. Your dues appear to be quite reasonable, but you fail to mention what facilites are maintained by the association, the age of your facilities, and the number of units in the association.

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