A Property Owners Association (POA) threatened to auction off a homeowner’s house if $655 isn’t paid in 90 days.
The Tennessee homeowner says the dispute over unpaid dues holds no legal basis because community covenants describe payments as voluntary.
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The English Mountain Property Owners Association sent a September 1 letter warning residents with unpaid assessments that their properties could face liens, according to WATE. The community sits in the northeastern foothills of the Great Smoky Mountains in Sevier County.
Homeowner Martin Sims said, “We owe them $655, and if we don’t pay it, they’re going to put a lien on our property and auction it off in 90 days.”…