PaulM (Pennsylvania)
Posts: 1,347
Posts: 1,347
Posted:
To all the Forum thinkers and those with excellent advice...here is a question.
With all the discussion of non-payment of fees, and those who are in arrears due to non-payment...what is the recourse of action of a Manager or Board to unit owners who refuse to pay their monthly dues? Do they continue to receive the same services as all the others even though they have not paid?
Isn't it true the documents state that when one is in arrears on payments they 'lose their membership' rights--voting, outdoor maintenance privileges? So, if they continue to enjoy the lawn mowing and snow plowing, etc., when they haven't paid for it... what is the incentive for them to pay up?
Certainly, an entire community's overall 'look' would suffer if those delinquent in their dues are singled out by not having their lawn mowed/snow shoveled, but wouldn't this speak loudly to them to make right on their obligations? Would this action of non-service to a unit owner be 'legal'?
PaulM
With all the discussion of non-payment of fees, and those who are in arrears due to non-payment...what is the recourse of action of a Manager or Board to unit owners who refuse to pay their monthly dues? Do they continue to receive the same services as all the others even though they have not paid?
Isn't it true the documents state that when one is in arrears on payments they 'lose their membership' rights--voting, outdoor maintenance privileges? So, if they continue to enjoy the lawn mowing and snow plowing, etc., when they haven't paid for it... what is the incentive for them to pay up?
Certainly, an entire community's overall 'look' would suffer if those delinquent in their dues are singled out by not having their lawn mowed/snow shoveled, but wouldn't this speak loudly to them to make right on their obligations? Would this action of non-service to a unit owner be 'legal'?
PaulM