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House committee weighs bill to create online HOA resource; Secretary of State flags limits
Summary
The Vermont House Committee on General and Housing on March 12 heard testimony on H.172, which would direct the Secretary of State to maintain an online resource about common interest communities (HOAs). Witnesses supported a public information page but warned that the office lacks authority and capacity to resolve fact-specific disputes.
The House Committee on General and Housing on Thursday, March 12 considered H.172, a bill that would direct the Secretary of State to establish an online common interest community resource to provide information about homeowners associations and other common interest communities.
Cameron Wood of the Office of Legislative Council walked committee members through the bill and the statutory framework for common interest communities, noting that Vermont applies the Uniform Common Interest Ownership Act and that the law's applicability depends on when and how a community was created. "It really is a pretty in-depth and hard to distinguish area of law," Wood said, describing different rules for condominiums and planned communities and the many fact-specific variables that can affect owners' rights.
The bill places the resource center in Title 10 V.S.A. —700 and directs the Secretary of State to "establish and maintain the resource center to…
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