Kentucky 75-year-old's house seized, sold over $288 unpaid HOA dues

[haele]

58. That's why I edited it. $48 a year is a damn low HOA even for the South.

Or for a retirement community. Like her, I would probably have expected something that low to go to pool care, and figured they either had an opt-in or opt-out for it.

I suspect that at 70 years old, even if she were fairly astute in her business, if someone told her, "...and the residents are required to pay $48 a year to pay for areas like the pool " while they were showing her where to sign to move into our house, she probably assumed that if she told them she wasn't going to use the pool, she wouldn't have to pay that money.

Not saying that's right, just commenting that lots of people think that way when faced with finish-up paperwork.

If it was not made crystal clear to this woman that paying the annual HOA fee was a requirement for her to purchase the house - that it was just like a property tax, (which she was apparently current on, so there didn't seem to be any confusion there) then, depending on the state laws, she could have a case against them.

But again, if I were in the HOA, I would have taken her to small claims court for that amount, could have recovered off a lien on her income tax, if nothing else. Too risky otherwise, especially if she was still a businesswoman.

Haele