Management refusing to lower dues

Hi,I live in a community that consiste of 2 communities that share the amenties. When we moved in we were told that they had plans to put a swimming pool, playgroung, dog park,tennis and basketball courts and parking lots. Well it's been over a year and no sign of any construction to be seen. Here is our problem we share amenties with 2 communities and both of us have been promisied that world but received nothing. We went to a monthly meeting and they have mentioned that they were going to look into lowering our hoa dues because they don't know when the plans were going into effect. Well that meeting was in Oct. and we all received our coupons for our dues and guess what nothing changed. We feel why should we keep paying for something that doesn't exsit. All we get is basic cable and the internet. We pay 330.00 every 3 months. Today I went around with my neighbor to see if any of the new homeowners were told the same thing we were and yes they were. Well we went to the other community to see if they heard anything regarding the amenties and to our surprise they told us that our builder backed out of the deal and the pool and all other amenties were only for them. So here what do we do next. Both communities pay the same HOA dues but it there getting the pool and were not whats wrong with that picture. Is there anything we can do or someone we should speak to. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.We live in florida.

No offense taking. The builder from our communtiy pulled out. We ahve 2 builders in 1 community. The other community still have plans to build the club house but we were told that it was for only them. My question is shouldn't they share that news with us and lower our dues.

Iris, Having lived in a community with mulitple communities, each having seperate amenities, we always had seperate dues or assessments. If I cannot use your pool in your section, I certainly will not be paying for it's care. This is very normal to have different sections with different amenities. Do not be that upset that "they" are going to have a pool. They can become major pains with high insurance, monitoring and maintenances. Vandalism and unauthorized use can also be added to the list of problems with them.

Apparently you have not had a developer official turnover? Once that is done, the dues should be reevaluated to reflect expenses of each section.

As I said Iris, "THEY" can want you to do whatever they want. That doesn't mean they will get their way. Once you have had a turnover, things will be handled differently. Right now the Developer is charging everyone the same amount. That is very typical until you have turnover.It will depend on what your governing documents state as member responsibility and what will be considered common amenities. If you are not allowed use of a pool, you will not pay for that pool. If the documents say that you are to pay the same as the section with the pool and you cannot use it, I would be rallying the members to amend those documents.