The POHOA Annual Homeowner’s Meeting is on Tuesday December 5, 2023*. CCIOA requires that homeowners get a notice 30 days in advance, and usually this includes a financial report and […]
Category: HOA Rule Enforcement
WEAPONIZED HOA: How Enforcement Requires Proof To Avoid Appearance of Retaliation
In September of 2020, one of our neighbors wrote to the Poudre Overlook HOA (POHOA) Board demanding that they issue us a violation for having an in-home “commercial business” that […]
NOTHING TO HIDE? POHOA Board Votes Down Adding “Private Sales Policy” To Agenda
At the July 11, 2023 Regular Board Meeting, Dr. John Tunna, a sitting Director, made a motion to add to the agenda a new Private Sales Policy. The official Meeting […]
SHAKEDOWN STREET: Board Targets Homeowners Over Yard Sale (with Plants)
On four days in May over a period of 2 weeks (May 13, 20, 21, 27), we had a Yard Sale in our Front yard. We’ve held this sale many […]
SURPRISE: POHOA Board Bans Garage/Yard Sales (and Lemonade Stands)
THE POHOA BOARD ISSUED AN OFFICIAL VIOLATION NOTICE FOLLOWING A YARD SALE IN MAY. June 21, 2023 We received a USPS First Class Letter on June 8, 2023 claiming that […]
WATER-WISE HOA: SB23-178 Requires Landscape Policy Updates
The Colorado Legislature has fully passed SB23-178 Water-wise Landscaping In Homeowners’ Association Communities. It was signed by the President of the Senate on Thursday 5/4, and the Speaker of the […]
FEAR FACTOR: POHOA Board Passes Collection Policy Intending Fear & Violating CO Usury Laws
On March 22, 2023, the Poudre Overlook HOA Board met at the City of Fort Collins Senior Center to consider 5 new policies, including a new Collection Policy. Director Clay […]
DOG FIGHT: POHOA Board Hires Moeller Graf To Change Policies In Advance Of Likely Dog Enforcement Actions
In a clear departure from past POHOA Board practices, an AWAM was actually published without any homeowners having to attempt to pry the document from the Board with a Document […]
THE BIG QUESTION: Should Walker Flanary Be Barred For 3 Years?
On January 25, 2023, the POHOA Homeowners will gather, once again, at the Fort Collins Senior Center to consider a Petition that not only calls for the removal of Director […]
HOA Risks: The Triple Threat of Homeowners Associations
Deborah Goonan is a writer for Independent American Communities and has published an important article about the challenges facing many HOAs. Poudre Overlook homeowners may read this article and see […]