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Do state laws need to change for condo associations?


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Before living in a Condo I lived in a Mobilehome Park for 10 years. I find that Condo Associations are similar to Mobilehome Park Owners and abuse the hell out of Homeowners just as much as Park Owners and Condo homeowners have less protection (Cost wise)than Mobilehome owners, especially low income people who do not have the funds to hire a lawyer and go to court to protect your rights per the Civil Code (1350-1378)also known as the Davis Stirling act. Which will be covered by a new civil code 4000 --? (AB 805) People in MHP's have the State Ombudsmen plus state and local officials in the Housing Industry to help. Condo Homeowners seem to be on their own and no funds or state or local help for low income Homeowners. We are unable to change our Bylaws and have not had a Homeowners meeting in over 8 years because of the Quorum requirement. The present Board is locked in for life. We need State law changes to the Civil Codes such as Board of Directors will be nominated and elected like any city election, state or federal election. Also California needs an ombudsmen at the state level for Homeowners to file complains against HOA's. Set this up under state Housing and enforced by the Attorney General or??? Also hold city wide,county wide and state wide regional convention type meetings at least every two years to review HOA's and Homeowners areas of mutual concern. Maybe even charge a small fee to attend these meetings. milt


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