ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — In the latest episode of the Behind the Investigation podcast, Atlanta News First investigative reporters Anastassia Olmos and Ciara Cummings take listeners inside Whitehall Forest, a DeKalb County condo community where an undisclosed HOA debt has put one homeowner on the brink of foreclosure.
The episode examines the legal and financial roadblocks facing homeowner Tatiana Pimentel, who used her life savings to purchase a Whitehall Forest condo in 2020. Months later, the HOA filed to foreclose over nearly $8,000 in association dues accumulated by the previous owner.
After discovering boarded-up units, broken infrastructure, and missing accounting records, Pimentel withheld dues, and the association’s attorney fees ballooned the total demand to nearly $20,000…