HOA HELL
HOA Hell with Michael Kushner is your inside guide to surviving—and winning—against California’s most abusive and overreaching HOAs. Leveraging almost 30 years of experience fighting for HOA members, Michael Kushner gives California homeowners real tools to fight back against abusive boards, outrageous rules, and everyday HOA nonsense. If your HOA is making your life a living Hell, then this podcast is for you.
HOA HELL
California HOA Special Assessments: Why Your Dues Keep Rising and a Huge Bill May Be Coming
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HOA assessments are rising across California, and for many homeowners the financial pressure is getting worse. In this episode, California’s foremost expert and homeowner-side HOA attorney, Michael Kushner, explains why regular dues are steadily increasing across California HOAs, why special assessments are hitting harder than ever, and what California homeowners need to understand this phenomenon.
What You’ll Learn in this episode:
✅ Why more California HOAs than ever before are consistently raising regular dues to the legal limit.
✅ Why more California HOAs than ever before are consistently relying on huge special assessments to fund repairs and replacements.
✅ How some boards use the word “emergency” to avoid the voting process.
If you live in a California HOA, this episode gives you a practical framework for understanding what is happening right now across the state.
Links to episodes discussed during the episode:
1. “The Insurance Squeeze: How Rising Premiums Are Reshaping California HOAs” [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5HM9MuQQh8&t=64s]
2. “The Consequences of California's Balcony Law” [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fryCvZKH7mw&t=588s]
3. “What Every California Homeowner Needs to Know About HOA Reserve Funds (Part 1)” [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fnG9UAv9LbY&t=581s]
4. “What Every California Homeowner Needs to Know About HOA Reserve Funds (Part 2)” [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fu5QGHAsDrY&t=1296s]
5. “Emergency or Excuse? How HOAs Use “Safety” to Justify Illegal Emergency Assessments” [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jb_kDBFC4ZY&t=19s]
6. “California Condo Declared “Unavailable” by Fannie Mae and How HOAs Can Fix the Problem” [https://mbkchapman.com/california-condo-fannie-mae-unavailable-fact-sheet/]
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