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Article Courtesy of NBC6
South Florida
Published March 13, 2026
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Hialeah Mayor Bryan Calvo called a press conference on Wednesday to announce a
task force that would look into resident complaints about condo and HOA
associations.
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The event and signing were scheduled for
2 p.m. Wednesday, March 11, at Hialeah City Hall.
The panel will be called the City of Hialeah Condominium and
Homeowners Association Task Force (CHAT).
This initiative adds to bills such as one introduced in the
Florida Legislature aimed at giving homeowners more tools
while increasing transparency and accountability within
these associations.
In recent years, multiple allegations have surfaced against
HOA board members in South Florida, including the series of
arrests announced by Katherine Fernandez Rundle involving
leaders of The Hammocks community after a yearslong
investigation.
As Telemundo 51 reported in January 2026, homeowner
associations govern millions of Floridians: they enforce
rules, collect fees, and handle the upkeep of common areas.
But for some residents, disputes with their boards have had
extreme consequences.
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Hialeah’s mayor announced he’s going after
homeowners’ associations in his city.
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One of them is Borja De La Plaza, who says he is facing a multimillion-dollar
assessment and that conditions in his building have become unsustainable.
“What we’ve endured in our building has been terrible management — and I’d even
say malicious… and because of it, owners are suffering damage that I consider
irreparable,” De La Plaza said.
Now, under this bill, homeowners could have access to a mechanism that did not
exist before. The sponsor is state Rep. Juan Carlos Porras, a Miami-Dade
Republican who represents the Kendall area.
“It will ensure that homeowners have a stronger voice with their associations,”
Porras said.
The state proposal would allow owners to begin a process to dissolve an HOA if
enough residents support it.
The task force in Hialeah would be Calvo’s second initiative, focused on
scrutinizing practices that directly affect city residents.
The first task force proposed and created by Calvo was CUBAT, or the Cuba
Business Advisory Task Force.
With the signing of that first executive order, the mayor authorized the task
force to review business licenses and suspend those of companies with ties to
the Cuban government.
CUBAT is tasked with “reviewing all City of Hialeah contracts to eliminate any
fraud, abuse, or waste that exists in this city.”
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