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listen and/or download the talk show "On The Commons" aired on
Saturday, October 24, 2020
Hosted and
produced by Shu Bartholomew, "On The
Commons" is a weekly radio show
dedicated to discussing the many issues
surrounding mandatory homeowner
associations, the fastest growing form of
residential housing in the nation.
This Week's Show
The story goes that any homeowner in a
mandatory membership homeowners'
association who is behind in their dues
is inherently bad, they don't want to
pay their fair share and deserve to be
kicked out. That's the story the HOA
industry lobbyists tell state
legislators when lobbying for increased
power for the HOA and the industry. They
paint a picture of these horrible
freeloaders who think nothing of living
off their neighbors. "It's NOT FAIR"
they cry. If there was even a grain of
truth to any of that, it would be reason
enough to pull the plug on a housing
concept doomed to fail but instead the
people caught in the trap are called
every name under the sun and demonized.
But let's take a look at the Florida
family who live in Nottingham Harbor in
Jacksonville, Florida to get a real
picture of what really goes on in HOA
land.
Chris and Robin Rolling bought a house
in Nottingham Harbor to live and raise
their seven children. Robin as a petty
officer in the navy and her husband
Chris, like so many people recently lost
his job and his income. Robin was the
family's sole financial supporter for a
time. The predictable happened, with
less income they had to decide on what
is more important, feeding their 7
children or feeding the coffers of the
over bloated HOA legal team. They made
the same choice all of us would have
made under the same circumstances and
they fell behind in their HOA dues by
$800. They proposed a payment plan which
was rejected by the association so that
the debt with penalties, interest and
HOA ATTORNEY FEES soared to
$5, 800. That is a $5000 increase!nThere
were still 7 kids that needed to be fed
but now the "community" decided to bury
them even deeper.
Jan Bergemann Joins us "On
The Commons". Jan is the founder
and president of the Florida based Cyber
Citizens for Justice a grassroots
homeowner friendly group that seems to
do as much good as CAI manages to do
harm. CCFJ heard about the Rollings and
decided to prevent the foreclosure of
their home. We'll talk to Jan and find
out just how CCFJ managed to help the
Rollings and keep the family of 9 in
their home. The HOA got their back dues
plus a whole lot more. I ask myself
exactly who are the freeloaders in this
story. Tune in and I am confident you
will reach the same conclusion I did. .
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