An Opinion By Jan Bergemann
President, Cyber Citizens For Justice, Inc.
Published March 25, 2010
Just in case you had hoped that our Florida legislature in its infinite wisdom would pass some bills that would help associations/owners deal with the fiscal crisis of unpaid dues and/or bank foreclosures, stop hoping and get prepared for another year with even more unpaid dues and bank foreclosures. All the bills dealing with these issues are dead, successfully killed by the banking lobby and the Republican "leadership".
Owners living in mandatory community associations have to get ready for another year of increased dues and special assessments. Why? Not only because more homes/units will default on their maintenance payments and more homes will go into bank foreclosures, but because the bills that are still in the running in Tallahassee will even increase the cost of doing business for community associations. If these bills are enacted, they will allow service providers to charge even more – and give dictatorial boards the tools to subdue owners even more. It’s obvious that the political leadership in Tallahassee doesn’t care if more families lose their homes and the number of foreclosures increases.
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