01-12-2025, 06:39 PM
Being informed is not negative. The fact that substandard subdivision owners in Puna, Hawaii, or even HOAs, Planned Communities, or Co-ops, have no other recourse but to SUE their associations/corporations if those associations/corporations do not follow rule and law is problematic. The situation is also problematic for the Hawaii courts that are clogged with cases. And for owners, who many times lose out whether they win or not, because of all the money that is pumped into these cases.
So, if any of you wish to think of this ineffectual system of "checks and balances" as "negative," then yes, it definitely is. In fact, the state legislature is aware of this, and has supposedly been working on a bill and looking into an Oversight Task Force. Unfortunately, the legislature is slow to address the issues that condominium, HOA, etc., owners face in Hawaii. In addition, the State legislature, while perhaps well meaning, do not seem to understand the unique problems that substandard subdivisions face. And instead, try to "regulate" the road associations by recycling law that is meant for planned communities , HOA, etc., and the result (well meaning but bad law) only make matters worse, resulting in MORE lawsuits.
So, if any of you wish to think of this ineffectual system of "checks and balances" as "negative," then yes, it definitely is. In fact, the state legislature is aware of this, and has supposedly been working on a bill and looking into an Oversight Task Force. Unfortunately, the legislature is slow to address the issues that condominium, HOA, etc., owners face in Hawaii. In addition, the State legislature, while perhaps well meaning, do not seem to understand the unique problems that substandard subdivisions face. And instead, try to "regulate" the road associations by recycling law that is meant for planned communities , HOA, etc., and the result (well meaning but bad law) only make matters worse, resulting in MORE lawsuits.