🌱 How a Hammocks scandal helped spark — then stall — Florida HOA reform
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- How a Hammocks scandal helped spark — then stall — Florida HOA reform
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📰 News we're reading
• The HOA Headache (floridaweekly.com) — Homeowners in The Hammocks are at the center of a statewide debate over HOA power and costs, after a corruption scandal there helped inspire a major—though ultimately unsuccessful—reform bill in Tallahassee. The piece explains why HOA fees are soaring across Florida, how new lending and safety rules could push them even higher, and why lawmakers largely backed away from big changes this year. 
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