Everybody hates their HOA — especially the people who run them
Source: Business Insider ·
HOA board members deal with angry neighbors, soaring bills, and constant conflicts. Everyone hates them — and yet, HOA setups are growing.
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iStock; Tyler Le/BIHOA president was not on the list of titles Lana Martin ever planned to hold, but it's one that's befallen her.Martin bought a townhouse in a 13-unit complex in Los Angeles in 2022. She quickly realized that the leaders of her homeowners association were ignoring a number of unaddressed issues, including a leaky decades-old roof that was flooding her neighbors' living rooms. Martin, who works for the California state government, decided to join her complex's three-person board to help out.As the saying goes, no good deed goes unpunished.The other two board members aren't very involved, so "everything falls on me," Martin says. She handles vendor calls, fields resident complaints, and babysits a low-budget property manager. Residents raised hell about the roof replacement project — they didn't want to stomach the roughly $160,000 cost that meant a painful $13,000 assessment for each unit. Some of them accused the HOA board and management company of acting illegally…