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title: Can contractor use HOA board seat to get home improvement business?
description: Can a HOA Board member who is a contractor use his position to force owners to use his company for property improvements?
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# [Can contractor use HOA board seat to get home improvement business?](https://www.condoassociation.com/blog/can-contractor-use-hoa-board-seat-to-get-home-improvement-business)

 Written by [CondoAssociation.com](https://www.condoassociation.com/blog/author/condoassociationcom) | Sun, Sep 13, 2015 @ 01:17 AM

Can a HOA Board member who is a contractor use his position to force owners to use his company for property improvements? He is also the head of the Architectural Review Committee. We submitted an application to build a fence. We never received any response from the ARC at all, just a very high price quote from the BOD contractor guy. The implication was clearly 'pay to play'- we write him a check and we get our fence. Is this legal?  Hawaii 

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