Sometimes a homeowner in a bind misses a payment or sends it a few days late. Then the HOA attorney, backed up by the HOA board, hastily files a lien on the home and penalizes the owner with fees that quickly spiral out of control.

Sometimes a homeowner in a bind misses a payment or sends it a few days late. Then the HOA attorney, backed up by the HOA board, hastily files a lien on the home and penalizes the owner with fees that quickly spiral out of control.
By Deborah Goonan, Independent American Communities Several 2018 Illinois bills, and angst over homeowner protections enacted in 2017, are stirring up controversy in Chicago
By Deborah Goonan, Independent American Communities I’m posting this report because I have heard similar stories from homeowners all over the country, many of them
By Deborah Goonan, Independent American Communities A few weeks ago, the Stapleton HOA was in the news for preventing a homeowner from installing a radon