The North Carolina legislature recently passed some new laws that will impact homeowners associations (HOAs). Below is a short summary of three of the laws that will become effective this year. Voluntary mediation House Bill 278 became effective July 1. This bill provides for voluntary mediation of disputes between an owner and the HOA in […]

My colleagues at the Raleigh firm of Jordan Price Wall Gray Jones & Carlton, well-known for their HOA expertise, published an article on a case they handled involving a common bankruptcy issue: when a homeowner files Chapter 7 and moves out of the home, indicating in their bankruptcy petition that they are surrendering the home back to […]

Q: I live in a new community where the developer manages the homeowners’ association (HOA). While we pay monthly HOA dues, we have never seen any financial statements.  Do we as homeowners have the right to see a balance sheet and income statement showing how our HOA assessments are being spent? A:  If your community […]

This is a follow-up to my January 2013 Charlotte Observer article and blog post, in which a reader asked whether an HOA’s restrictive covenants can legally ban on-street parking in a community even if the streets are public rights-of-way.  My law partner Bob Turner shared with me this 1996 case that he came across that […]

Q: Our HOA has never made public the names and addresses for its members. Are we bound by North Carolina law to make this information available to all members of the HOA? There is nothing in our covenants or bylaws that addresses this issue, and we have a member who is requesting the membership roster. […]