MaryAnnBoca
New Member
Is this legal or can I fight it? I moved from a home last fall that was governed by a homeowner association. Our community had received insurance claim money over one year ago from a settlement due to property damage from Hurricane Wilma. The previous board of directors had slated that money to be given to homeowners that had their roof replaced due to the hurricane (which was why we recieved the insurance award.) Not everyone had damage and so not everyone replaced their roof. I replaced mine. Other members of the community grumbled that they wanted some of the money, too, so the money was left in an account for future discussion. Two months after I moved my ex-neighbors told me that every homeowner, including the new person that bought my house, was given a check for about $1700 from this fund. I called a board member and asked about this. She said that they decided to distribute the funds equally to homeowners. When asked why I didn't get the same amount sent to me since I was the insured party, she said something vague like "that's just what they decided." I sent a certified letter asking for the same amount of funds due to the fact that my homeowner dues went to pay for the master insurance policy and that I am a rightful claimant. I received no response. Now, what can I do? I believe what they did was not legal. Any ideas out there? Thanks in advance.
