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Neighbors risk losing homes as monthly HOA fees triple to $3,371 – one man tried to sell and got insulting offer

NEIGHBORS are at risk of losing their homes as monthly HOA fees skyrocket to more than $3,000 a month.

Unwilling to meet the sky-high prices, one man tried to sell up – only to receive an insultingly low offer.

Winter Park Woods, Florida, where the HOA fees have shot upCredit: Wesh TV

Florida is the state with the highest HOA membership rate, at almost 70 per centCredit: Getty

Lorraine Roy is paying more than $3,000 in monthly HOA feesCredit: WESH 2 News

One Florida Condo owner, Lorraine Roy, saw her HOA [homeowners association] fee more than triple over the years.

She now has to fork out $3,371 each month for her three-bedroom condo – where she has been for three decades.

She said: “This is way to high.”

The Winter Park Woods Condominiums Association, which owns Lorraine’s complex, explained to residents the reasons behind the price hike.

Firstly, the association owes the county a lot of money in fines over terms violations.

Next, insurance companies were demanding repairs that must be addressed or cover could be lost.

And finally, a piece of legislation called Senate Bill 4-D which was passed in response to the Surfside condo collapse in South Florida that 𝓀𝒾𝓁𝓁ed 98 people in June 2021.

In order to avoid a similar disaster, the law requires associations to maintain proper reserves.

Lorraine did admit that the reserves in her association had been “underfunded”.

A large-scale research project into condos recently found there are 1.1million units that are more than 30 years old.

Under the new law, all three-storey condos of that age had to undergo an inspection by the end of 2024.

Another condo owner, Shane Costa, saw his HOA fee leap from $634 to more than $2,100 per month.

He then received an insultingly low offer of $70,000 from an investor offering to buy his one-bedroom condo.

Shane said: “I’m in a little bit better circumstance than most people right now.

Shane Costa received an insultingly low offer for his propertyCredit: WESH 2 News

Steve Fieldman is bringing a lawsuit against his own condo boardCredit: WESH 2 News

“There’s people losing their homes.”

And, in another condominium complex at Altamonte Springs, one resident has brought a lawsuit against his own board.

Steve Fieldman said: “There are people who live here no more, and they just they just couldn’t withstand the pressure and had to sell out for a much lower price than they feel was fair.”

Steve believes there should be “stronger laws to protect the people who they have their entire livelihood”.

Lorraine had the following advice for condo owners facing high HOA fees: “Know who is on your board, pay a lot of attention and go to the meetings if you can.

“Watch what they’re doing with your money and pay attention to who owns.”

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