HOA News Stories in Texas
The following are links to news stories and opinions about HOAs. If you know of a story, please send the link to the webmaster and it may be posted here.
Link to News Stories Outside Texas
| 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 |
| 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | 2001 |
Residents Sign Declaration of Independence from HOA KTRK, Houston, July 7, 2010
Not So Neighborly Associations Foreclosing on Homes NPR, June 29, 2010
Frisco Home Foreclosure Renews Debate Over Power of HOAs The Dallas Morning News, June 26, 2010
Stone Oak Resident Claims HOA Harassment Over Porch Gate to Protect Autistic Son KENS, San Antonio, June 22, 2010
Frisco HOA That Foreclosed on Soldier Getting Death Threats WFAA, Dallas, June 21, 2010
Water Park with Life-size Dragon Has Neighbors Breathing Fire KHOU, Houston, June 18, 2010
Attorney Faces Child Porn Charges KPRC, Houston, June 9, 2010
William George Gammon, Attorney Known for Representing Homeowner's Associations, Arrested for Child Porn Houston Press, June 8, 2010
Attorney Held Without Bond on Charges of Possessing Child Pornography DOJ Press Release, US Attorney's Office, Southern District of Texas, June 8, 2010
Renewed Effort in Austin to Limit HOA Powers KVUE, Austin, May 25, 2010
Homeowner Beats HOA Lawyer in Court WOAI, San Antonio, May 21, 2010
HOA Prevents Homeowner from Starting Gun Business We Are Austin, May 20, 2010
Homeowner Wins Court Battle with HOA KSAT, San Antonio, May 18, 2010
Back From Iraq, Frisco Soldier Finds His Home Sold by HOA WFAA, Dallas, May 14, 2010
Burleson Woman's HOA Crisis Resonates with WFAA Viewers WFAA, Dallas, May 13, 2010
HOA Forecloses on Burleson Woman Over Fees WFAA, Dallas, May 12, 2010
Homeowner Association Foreclosures Skyrocketing WOAI San Antonio, May 12, 2010
Dallas-Area HOAs Post Homes for Foreclosure Dallas Morning News, April 22, 2010
State Legislators Told of HOA Fines, Foreclosure Threats Dallas Morning New, April 20, 2010
Plano Couple Has to Cut Back on Bluebonnets in Front Yard Dallas Morning News April 18, 2010
Condominium Residents Must Pay for Transformer Repair My Fox Houston, April 13, 2010
Senate Panel Tackles HOA laws -- Again Houston Chronicle, April 7, 2010
Lawmakers Consider Reigning in TX homeowners Associations KTRK, Houston, April 7, 2010
Foreclosures By Homeowners Associations Raise Concerns KPRC, Houston, April 7, 2010
Texas Lawmakers Hear Testimony on Homeowners Associations KHOU, Houston, April 7, 2010
Texas Homes Affected by Landslide to be Resold AP, April 7, 2010
Crews Demolish First Houses Acquired in Buyout Galveston Daily News, April 1, 2010
Home Sellers: Fee Might Be Hidden San Antonio Expresss-News, March 29, 2010
Colleyville Homeowners Divided Over Developer's Control of HOAs The Dallas Morning News, March 28, 2010
Flower Mound HOA Tries to Ban Solar Power NBCDFW, March 23, 2010
Code Violation Notices Flood S. Austin Neighborhood (Not HOA, but City of Austin) News 8 Austin, March 10, 2010
Builder Offers to Buy Homes in San Antonio Landslide AP March 11, 2010
Rivermist Residents Brace For Rain KSAT, San Antonio, January 28, 2010
Rivermist Residents Moving Out KSAT, San Antonio, January 27, 2010
City Engineers Inspect Rivermist KSAT, San Antonio, January 27, 2010
Rivermist Developer Meets With Homeowners KSAT, San Antonio, January 26, 2010
Man Cited for Entering City without ID KXAN, Austin, January 25, 2010
'Slope Failure' Causes Evacuation KSAT, San Antonio, January 24, 2010
Galveston Island Beachfront Home Buyouts on Hold Houston Chronicle, January 13, 2010
Teed-off Homeowner Sues Association Over Distant Golf Course Fee KHOU, Houston, January 13, 2010
Here's How We Deal with Management in Texas Bexar County, 288 Judicial District Court, January 13, 2010
CLCCA Delays Some Pool Work Due to Money Concerns Bay Area Citizen, December 17, 2009
Bay Oaks Residents Demand that Board Change its Ways Bay Area Citizen, December 17, 2009
Strings Put on Beach-front Buyouts Galveston Daily News, December 7, 2009
Neighbors Rally, Stop HOA Changes KTRK, Houston, November 12, 2009
Couple Battles Homeowners Association Over Bricks MyFoxHouston, November 3, 2009
Homeowners in Fight Over Social Security Cards, CBS 11, Dallas, September 30, 2009
Condo Owners Pay for Property They Can't Use WFAA, Dallas, August 20, 2009
Vanishing Amenities Create Resident Backlash at HOA WFAA, Dallas, August 15, 2009
Harris County DA Investigating Homeowners’ Claim That Their Former Management Firm Mishandled Things Houston Chronicle, August 10, 2009
HOA May Go Bankrupt & Leave 48 Families Homeless Follow up to HOA Fight May Cause Loss of Services, YouTube, July 27, 2009
Wading into a Neighborhood Dispute My SA Business, July 21, 2009
Association Board Approves Filing Lawsuits Against 67 Homeowners Houston Community Newspapers, Bay Area Citizen, July 16, 2009
Subdivision Residents Vote to Oust HOA Board SA Communities Northeast, July 16, 2009
HOA Fight May Cause Loss of Services KSAT, San Antonio, July 10, 2009
Fight for HOA Reform Continues After Bill Fails WFAA, Dallas, July 7, 2009
Inside Pearland Wants to Hear Your HOA Horror Stories Houston Chronicle, Inside Pearland, July 2, 2009
HO Frustrated about HOA Rules on Fences Fort Bend Southwest Star, July 1, 2009
Lake Highlands HOA Retreats on Disabled Vet’s Decals
Dallas Morning News, June 25, 2009
Carrollton Lawmaker Seeks Checks, Balances for HOAs
WFAA, Dallas, June 19, 2009
Neighbors Fighting HOA after SUV, Boat Towed WFAA, Dallas, June 18, 2009
HOAs Take Members To Court KPRC Investigates, Part 2, Houston, June 18, 2009
Homeowner Associations Investigated KPRC Investigates, Part 1, Houston, June 17, 2009
HOA Foreclosures Up Amid Recession Associated Press, Irving, June 11, 2009
Court Appointee to Review Endeavour Finances Houston Community Newspapers, Bay Area Citizen, June 8, 2009
Vanishing Amenities Create Resident Backlash at HOA
WFAA, Dallas, June 2, 2009
Lake Highlands HO Group Still Silent Amid Outcry Over Veteran’s Car Decals WFAA, Dallas, June 2, 2009
Patriotism Shouldn’t be Sticky WFAA, Dallas, May 27, 2009
Vet's Patriotic Stickers Under Fire My Fox DFW, May 27, 2009
Homeowners Fight Homeowner Association – Follow-up story on Mission Creek, KSAT, San Antonio, May 25, 2009
Residents Mad Over KB Homes' Latest Plan My Fox Houston, May 21, 2009
Am I Ready To Grow Something New? WFAA, Dallas, May 21, 2009
Homeowners Use Stimulus Tax Credits to Install Solar Panels WFAA, Dallas, May 7, 2009
HOAs Put Homes with Late Dues up on Auction Block WFAA, Dallas, May 6, 2009
Defenders Subjected To Profanity-Laced Tirade KSAT, San Antonio, April 24, 2009
Investigation: Condo Fire Follow Up My Fox DFW, April 16, 2009
Can HOA, Landlord Say “No’ to Satellite Dish? KPRC, Houston, April 1 2009
Portrait Homes Confirms Banks are Taking Over Some Dallas-Area Communities WFAA, Dallas, March 27, 2009
Condos at Center of HOA Investigation Damaged by Fire
My Fox DFW, March 21, 2009
Investigation: Homeowner Hell Follow Up, My Fox DFW, March 19, 2009
HOA Sends Foreclosure Notices to Dozens in Neighborhood
WOAI, San Antonio, March 16, 2009
HOA Will Foreclose on Your House If You Don’t Pay The Consumerist, March 16, 2009
HOA Moves to Foreclose on 84 Homes My SA Business, March 14, 2009
Proposed Law Would Regulate HOAs My Fox Austin, March 4, 2009
Late HOA Dues Lead to Foreclosure WFAA, Dallas, March 4, 2009
Proposed Constitutional Amendment Would Prohibit HOA Foreclosures WFAA, Dallas, February 28, 2009
Investigation: Homeowner's Hell My Fox DFW, February 25, 2009
Could HOAs Hurt the Value of your Home? KHOU, Houston, February 6, 2009
Roadblock on Path to Going Green? KTRK, Houston, February 3, 2009
Art or Sign? Restaurant’s Fork Sculpture Stirs Debate My SA News, February 1, 2009
Frustrations Mount as a Neighborhood Fence Topples News 8 Austin, January 26, 2009
Fake Constable Issues Foreclosure Notice WFAA, Dallas, January 24, 2009
Neighborhood Upset with Homebuilder KSAT, San Antonio, January 20, 2009
HOA Transfer Fees WFAA, Dallas, December 28, 2008
McKinney HOA Files Liens on 80 Homes WFAA, Dallas, December 18, 2008
Carrollton Homeowners Group Sues Resident Over Dues Payments Dallas Morning News, October 18, 2008
HOA Dues Totaling “Jar of Change” May Cost Carrollton Man His Home Dallas Morning News, October 17, 2008
Single Mom Operating In-Home Day Care Battles HOA
WFAA, Dallas, October 9, 2008
HOA Threatens to Take Homeowner’s House over $176
My Fox Houston, October 1, 2008
HOA Threat Fails to Faze Plano Homeowner WFAA, Dallas, September 25, 2008
Coppell Resident Locks Horns with HOA Over Political Yard Signs Dallas Morning News, September 17, 2008
Frisco Man Primed for Battle with HOA Over Pickup in Driveway Dallas Morning News, August 19, 2008
Frisco Man Says HOA Won’t Let Him Park Pickup in Driveway
Dallas Morning News, August 18, 2008
Frisco Man and HOA Battle Over Pickup in Driveway WFAA, Dallas, August 18, 2008
HOA Says Man's Pickup is Not Classy Enough WFAA, Dallas, August 15, 2008
State Senator Involved in Controversy over Condos in Danger of Collapse KHOU, Houston, August 13, 2008
No Trash Pickup for Neighborhood KTRK, Houston, August 12, 2008
Escaping an HOA Isn’t Easy WFAA, Dallas, June 24, 2008
HOA Threatens Foreclosure on Couple Stationed Overseas WOAI, San Antonio, June 19, 2008
HOA Power Battle Draw North Texans to Rockwall WFAA, Dallas, June 10, 2008
Neighbors Hold “Porcelain” Protest to Put Lid on HOA WOAI, San Antonio, May 21, 2008
HOAs Blocking Move to Alternative Energy WOAI Radio, May 14, 2008
HOAs Cause Friction Between Neighbors WFAA, Dallas, May 3, 2008
Hutto Homeowner Slammed with Fees News 8 Austin, April 15, 2008
Homeowner Loses Fight Over Yard KTRK, Houston, March 8, 2008
Denton HOA Offers Reward After Racially-Charged Vandalism
WFAA, Dallas, February 25, 2008
Fines, Lawyers Fees Lead to HOA Power Battles WFAA, Dallas, February 14, 2008
Safety Sign Spurs Parent, HOA Battle WFAA, Dallas, December 7, 2007
Amarillo Subdivision Bans Sex Offenders Associated Press, November 23, 2007
Blaze the Destroyed Supreme Court Justice’s Home a Mystery KHOU, Houston, November 18, 2007
Humor Me: Annoying Christmas 2007 Dallas Morning News, October 15, 2007
North Houston Resident Tries to Make Point with Signs KTRK, Houston, October 8, 2007
HOA Sells Disabled Couple’s Home WOAI, San Antonio, September 26, 2007
Study: Many Resent Homeowner Associations WFAA, Dallas, September 7, 2007
Plano Man Told to Remove his Solar Lights WFAA, Dallas, August 28, 2007
Fort Bend Co. Neighborhood Fights to Get Lights Turned Back On KTRK, Houston, July 10, 2007
Woman in Fear of Losing her Townhome to HOA for $100,000 in Fees KTRK, Houston, April 25, 2007
More and More Novices are Being Flattened by the Quirks of the Houston Area's Condo Market Houston Chronicle, March 27, 2007
Residents Fight for Flag Display in Sugar Land Neighborhood KTRK, Houston, January 9, 2007
Homeowner Threatened by New HOA KPRC, Houston, November 16, 2006
HOA Uses Chopper to Find Violations KPRC, Houston, November 6, 2006
HOAs Gone Wild My Fox Austin, November 1-2, 2006
Memorial Northwest Couple Sue Homeowner Association Houston Chronicle July 13, 2006
Should You Be Required to Secure Your WiFi? Houston Chronicle Techblog, July 22, 2006
Dallas Neighborhood Turns to Surveillance Cameras Associated Press, February 10, 2006
Fountains Make an Unwanted Splash Houston Chronicle Real Estate, July 27, 2005
Bills Aim to Ease Problems Facing Neighborhoods Houston Chronicle, April 30, 2005
Homeowners Association Horror Stories KHOU, Houston, May 13, 2004
Buy a House and Shut Up! Houston Chronicle, December 13, 2003
Renovations Hoist Prices in Willowbend Houston Chronicle, November 10, 2003
After Widow's Loss, Senate Approves Foreclosure Limits Houston Chronicle, March 16, 2003
Countryside is Within Sight of Subdivision Houston Chronicle, July 2, 2002
Senate Panel Hears Pleas to Shut Down 'Foreclosure Factory'
Houston Chronicle, May 29, 2002
A Growing Housing Trend: Foreclosure Suits by Homeowner Groups Add Up Houston Chronicle, May 17, 2002
Association Takes Dim View on Light Houston Chronicle, April 2, 2002
Foreclosure Bids Prompt Backlash Houston Chronicle, January 11, 2002
Evicted Widow Home for Holidays Houston Chronicle December 21, 2001
Just Call Her Gigi Houston Chronicle, April 27, 2000
Link to News Stories Outside Texas
Link to News Stories Main Page