HOA's and many property management companies being replaced due to bad management

[Vannort54]

Originally Posted by BucFan

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And it's very likely that ghetto neighborhoods aren't restricted like a gated community might be and I'm sure there are gated communities in Michigan.

I grew up in the suburbs of Detroit in a city called Madison hgts, no HOA there ,and other cities like Royal Oak witch is like Dunedin no HOA. google these cities no ghettos there nice middle class homes. Many work for he big 3 and they can afford to have nice homes. And yes there are gated communities there Kid Rock and Eminem, Aretha Franklin, and Bob Seger, live in gated community's they are stars. And you have the CEO's of Ford, GM, Chrysler as well. But the suburbs around Detroit have very few or no HOA. My wife sold relestate in the burbs. She said that there are a few HOA's there but they are not like the power hungry Hoa's here.


Funny about the herd was thinking about Bob Segers old band Bob Seger and his last Herd. How's this Professor HEARD.

[BucFan]

I'm sure there are upscale areas throughout Michigan where the community has gotten together to have rules that they enforce - most specifically gate communities. They're throughout the United States by the tens of thousands. I doubt that Michigan by itself lacks HOAs.

[BucFan]

this an example of many

Homeowners' Associations, Bloomfield Township, Michigan (MI)

[BTVT]

Originally Posted by EngGirl

To be fair, 55 communities normally allowed some % for under 55 residents, am I right?

Our covenants allows someone under 26 yrs old to stay in a household for 8 weeks in a single year and are deemed a permanent resident there after and in violation of our declarations if over the 8 weeks. Our age 55 community does not use the educational system or infrastructure and there-fore exempt from school impact fees.

Housing for Older Persons Act of 1995....Once a community meets the HOPA requirements, they are free to create their own rules for how they will define their age restriction, as long as they are in compliance with state laws. The community can make the age-restriction more strict than the HOPA requirement, such as stating that all of the residents must be over 55 or that 80 percent of the households must include a resident aged 60 or better.

Most age-restricted communities have two restrictions. The first says that each household (or 80 percent of the households) must include a resident over the age of 55. The second adds an age restriction for the remaining members of the household, such as being over the age of 40 or simply over the age of 18. They can even set guidelines for how long underage visitors (such as grandchildren) are allowed to stay with community residents... ref/55 Places.com

After much pressure from residents we did finally receive this paragraph in our recent Jan 2015 Newsletter.. See below

1. Age restriction violation – there have been several allegations that children are living permanently within the community. Pam Washburn explained that the Association needs documentation to be able to pursue. If this is in fact the case, this is a serious violation of the Declaration and puts the Association and every owner at risk for paying back school related impact fees which currently run about $15,000 per home.

What documentation is needed other than seeing the child daily for a number of years? Especially since past and present board members and volunteers know that the child is living as a full time resident and going to school. Our survey that HOPA requires for age 55 communities said that no minor child lives in our community period. The resident with the child lied on the survey, so now "every homeowner" is at risk for a $15,000 payback to school impact fees.

[Vannort54]

Originally Posted by BucFan

this an example of many

Homeowners' Associations, Bloomfield Township, Michigan (MI)

Bloomfield twsp. Is a well to do area many gated communities also that's were your GM Ford and Chrysler executives live along with automotive engineers and business owners. It's not that big of an aera it's out side of Bloomfield Hill mich. witch is also for the well to do. It in Oakland County.

[Blueeeygreen]

Originally Posted by bentlebee

our community fired rampart also years back but to be honest seven oaks was overall managed pretty well and the lady susan thomas who managed it on behalf of rampart did a good job but our community had kelly who didn't do a thing and our community should have changed the person???after rampart was sold is when the major issues started and it is lie they going down hill faster and faster.

Pam washburn on the other hand had more of a snake attack! Getting herself to be liked by the board and earning their trust and then slowly taking over all committees so no longer any meetings were scheduled and she by herself was running it all, from approving any changes and no covenants committee so she could give out all fines and nobody had any clue and the board wouldn't listen until months ago since the complaints were overwhelming and many complaints had similar things so they had to start to wonder what pam washburn and her self run premier community management company was doing...and it wasn't pretty!

why is she still the same exact waaaay!!!!!!!