tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57310852007-04-16T14:02:49.002-07:00Concerned HomeownersRicohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18349540172288088511noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5731085.post-1119632929586134472005-06-24T10:03:00.000-07:002005-06-24T10:54:54.983-07:00Professor McKenzie on what CAI is, and isn't:"CAI is a 501 (c) (6) trade association that represents the interests of lawyers, property managers, and other providers of services to HOAs. It doesn't represent homeowner associations or the owners who live in them. ... Owners and associations should organize on their own and not expect CAI to serve their needs. However, I have been critical of CAI representatives, such as lobbyists, for Ricohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18349540172288088511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5731085.post-1062353412146823352003-08-31T11:10:00.000-07:002003-08-31T12:45:00.133-07:00When housing consumers go shopping for a home, they go looking for what they want. Unfortunately, what they want increasingly comes along with what they don't want, unknown to them until after they've bought, because that was not disclosed to them. The law doesn't require that, because that would hurt sales, decreasing the revenue of a real estate industry that has a fearsomely powerful lobby (Ricohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18349540172288088511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5731085.post-1062223540546279102003-08-29T23:05:00.000-07:002003-08-31T09:24:46.803-07:00Land use plan mandates common ownership developments, that supposedly dont increase density, and all new subdivisions in the county would require homeowners’ associations
Conservation subdivisions leave more open space and cluster the housing, said [a planner]. It does not increase the density.
Essentially, a developer can build a subdivision but reserve a portion of the land for Ricohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18349540172288088511noreply@blogger.com