A friend’s HOA is increasing the annual dues by a small amount. They are also changing the due date. Made it almost half a year sooner. She is a retiree on fixed income. She barely recovered from paying the previous dues. Now she has to pay another dues. She saves a little every month to pay the dues. Since she has to pay another due so soon again, she hasn’t saved enough to cover. Is this allowed? I think they should first refund her previous due since they are not covering the entire year. I am guessing they can change the dates but wouldn’t they need to prorate what has been paid and adjust the amount?
You really have to read the bylaws to know what can be done.
Will they make any accommodation to ease residents into it? Did she vote in favor of the proposal?
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I don’t think anyone here can answer. Your friend needs to ready the HOA bylaws. If necessary, she should discuss the possibility of extending the payment deadline with the HOA.
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No, she voted NO as far as I know. I guess she got outvoted. No accommodations are made as far as I know. It sounded like bylaws are rather convoluted but they do have a clause that limits annual increase to 3%. Moving the due date up so much, wouldn’t you say it amounts to increasing the dues by almost 100%? It looks like double dipping to me.
It sounds simply wrong to me to move the date up so much without adjusting the amount. The previous annual due should cover the entire year, doesn’t it? If they choose to change the date, shouldn’t they refund what’s been paid for the entire year? If it was rent, there’s no way the landlord just comes in and say from now on you are paying 2 weeks early without giving credit to what the renter has already paid.
Per forum rules asking for a friend is not allowed. The friend is welcome to start their own account.