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NV: Recession could be opportunity to reshape, improve communities

News items of national interest regarding Condominium and Homeowner associations, compiled by the Community Associations Network

Quite a mess we made of this beautiful valley. Half-finished projects that are concrete and steel corpses of fantasy economics. Subdivisions that appear out of nowhere, desert Leavittowns that manage to be both incredibly dense and totally car-dependent. Empty condo towers
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Neighbor thinks HOA president has a conflict

Q. The president of our HOA is also a property manager and rental agent in his “day job,” as well as a mortgage broker. He manages many rental properties in our community. A group of owners in our subdivision have asked for a cap on the allowed percentage of rental homes in our community, which is now nearly 40 percent. In response to this request, the president of our HOA formed a committee of possibly two other people, and is now saying that the committee does not agree with a rental cap. In my opinion, all decisions by the board are influenced by the president’s other businesses, including stretching rules for his tenants. I and others believe that his other businesses constitute a conflict of interest, and that he should resign as a board member. I presented a written complaint to the board recently, and I am scheduled to appear before the board this week. Do you agree that he has a conflict of interest and should step down? He also voted himself onto the board by canvassing door to door and collecting the majority of proxies prior to our annual meeting. In our estimation, his control of our neighborhood is decreasing property values due to the high number of rentals.If your HOA is a nonprofit corporation (as most are), your HOA and your board of directors are governed by the N.C. Non-Profit Corporations Act. This act holds directors to the following standards: “A director shall discharge his duties as a director, including his duties as a member of a committee: (1) In good faith; (2) With the care an ordinarily prudent person in a like position would exercise under similar circumstances; and (3) In a manner the director reasonably believes to be in the best interests of the corporation.” The section of the act that addresses director conflicts of interest pertains primarily to “transactions” with the corporation in which a director has a direct or indirect interest.

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