Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: not doing work

[Ellen Keyne Seebacher (elle]

> I am wondering what you do if they won't pay the higher dues.
>
> Rebecca Reid
> Pioneer Valley

Is Pioneer Valley not structured as a condominium?  Massachusetts
law (http://www.mass.gov/legis/laws/mgl/183a-7.htm) says:

  No unit owner may exempt himself from liability for his contribution
  toward the common expenses by waiver of the use or enjoyment of any
  of the common areas and facilities or by abandonment of the unit or
  otherwise; and no unit owner shall be entitled to an offset,
  deduction, or waiver of common expenses or other charges levied or
  lawfully assessed by the organization of unit owners."

I assume that if you assess the charges, the recalcitrant owner will
be legally liable for them.


        Ellen Seebacher
        Mosaic Commons