Association Gets Tough on Delinquent Owners
A gated community in Florida with a 33% delinquency rate is getting tough on homeowners who don't pay their assessments. The community is installing a transponder system that will make it inconvenient for delinquent homeowners and their guests to reach their homes. The new system will allow the association to delete, suspend, or assign access times through security gates into the community. While we don't recommend that associations in Colorado prohibit access and parking for homeowners, there's nothing in the law that prohibits associations from making access inconvenient.
Making it inconvenient for delinquent owners who are unwilling to work with the Association on a payment plan makes sense. Those delinquent owners make it inconvenient for the owners who do make timely assessment payments! You will also often find that the non-paying owners may also have more violations than responsible owners...
I wish them luck in Florida with their measures!
As long as its not against the governance documents ... sounds okay to me. The assessments generally are for gates and maintenance, so one can argue that the lack of funds is is forcing efficiencies to be consdiered ....
I would hate to be in the shoes of the Board of this Association when a resident dies at the gate because they could not get in to get need medicines.
As long as there is a walk-in gate and the homeowner can get to their residence, I see no reason why they can't be somewhat inconvenienced. I also don't see why that wouldn't work here in Colorado. As for parking, they can park on the street in front of the community.