One Is the Loneliest Number: When You’re the Sole Condo/HOA Board Member on an Issue
HOAleader.com - Tip of the Week - February 16,
2024
In this week's tip, we tackle an HOAleader.com reader's incredibly detailed question. Be sure to head to our discussion board to get the full picture.
The gist is that this board member lives in a townhome community that suffered roof damage, and the board has taken over the repairs from individual owners based on language in the governing documents. It has also hired a contractor apparently not qualified to do the work who's quoting owners a
fortune.
Our reader disagrees with the board's interpretation of its governing documents and the hiring of the contractor. Head to our new article, Sole Dissenting Townhome Board Member Alarmed by Board's Roof Repair Actions, to find out why our experts say the governing document provision our reader cites is only half the picture in evaluating whether this board is
interpreting its governing documents properly.
While you're there, you'll also hear our experts' suggestions for a lonely dissenter when it comes to protecting themselves and their community. And you'll find out what one of our experts,
Todd J. Billy, CCAL, an attorney at Sandberg Phoenix in St. Louis, who is licensed in Missouri and Illinois and has more than 1,000 active condo and HOA clients, means when he advises that dissenting board members step back and evaluate whether what they simply disagree with the majority or whether the majority is truly doing something harmful to the association or owners.