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A HOMEOWNER got revenge on her HOA after it threatened to take her home away due to a late payment.
Cindy Decker and her husband took their association to court after they filed a lien against her.
The couple from Mims, Florida had not paid their associations annual dues on time so a late fee was placed onto them.
Decker claimed that she handed a check for $892 to cover the dues and the fees to the HOA’s lawyers.
An issue arose as her HOA, Lake Harney Woods, had switched to a new law firm, DHN Attorneys after she handed in her check.
Decker claimed that DHN Attorneys insisted she owed it $1,300 and it then filed the lien against her to collect the unpaid fees, a month after she paid the previous attorneys.
She claimed that she feared losing her home and lien’s can often be the first stage before a foreclosure, according to WFTV-9.
Decker said: “They told me all the time, ‘You have 30 days or we’re foreclosing.’”
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She then claimed that she took the issue and her receipt to a HOA meeting and alleged that the association’s president blamed her for paying the wrong law firm.
Decker said: “I thought for sure once I showed all the evidence in front of the board with all my neighbors it would be done and over.”
The central Florida couple hired an attorney, Jared Lee, who filed a federal lawsuit against the association and its law firm.
The lawsuit claimed the HOA and its law firm violated the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act.
Lee added that this act protects consumers from collections that have already been paid.
The HOA and law firm settled before the case went to trial and, without admitting wrongdoing, agreed to pay Decker $33,000 in damages.
DNH Attorneys told WFTV-9 that it relies on information provided by others and issues arise on rare occasions.
Decker called the settlement and payment “karma.”
The US Sun has reached out to Lake Harney Woods and DHN Attorneys for comment.
