My father is having problems with the assessment that are been imposed to him by his HOA. He had requested documentations for the assessment...

Question

My father is having problems with the assessment that are been imposed to him by his HOA. He had requested documentations for the assessment and up to this point, they haven't answer any of his questions. What can my father do, and how much will it cost to have a lawyer request the documentation? It is my father believe that the assessment are been applied to a small group, and not every home owner. He also believe that assessment that were not part of his association were imposed to him even though he wasn't part of the other association. I personally requested the following information (Hi Mrs. Folkard,

More than a week ago my father and myself were at your office in order to clarify the origin of the many assessment that are been implemented to my father. I also had a conversation on the phone with the property manager and as per our conversation, he was going to send me a copy of the association documents which according to him, it does specify that my father property under special assessment can be charge more than other property owners. According to the law, special assessments are to be apply equally to all the property owners. Also, we need to find out unfortunately through you (since the property manager hasn't even bother to rite to me) who was assessed the $21.00 dollars per month that my father is paying for a special assessment. Delinquency special assessment that my father is paying right now, we need to know who is paying and the amount the each owner if paying in order for my father to know if he is paying more than other owners. My father will like to know which units are part of his association in order to determent why he was given an assessment for the repair of the balcony of the apartment buildings. Juan Jose Acosta 3221 South Palm Aire Drive Pompano Beach, FL 33069) and to this point, I haven't received the requested documents.

Answer

It will likely cost you an hourly fee with an attorney to straighten everything out. It will be well worth the money spent as you get dug in deeper to this hole.