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  <title><![CDATA[Texas HOA & Condo News from CAN]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[News item about Homeowner and Condominium associations in Texas, compiled by the Community Associations Network]]></description>
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     <title>Ike Leaves $83 Million In Damage To El Lago</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Those condos have been deemed "unsafe and uninhabitable," words no new condo owner wants to hear.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 02 Oct 2008 10:27:58 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.click2houston.com/news/17605881/detail.html</link>
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     <title>Home Association Threatens to Take Homeowner's House Over $176</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A west Houston woman could soon lose her home over $176 dollars.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 02 Oct 2008 09:49:51 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.myfoxhouston.com/myfox/pages/News/Detail?contentId=7556416&version=1&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=TSTY&pageId=3.2.1]]></link>
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     <title>HOA threat fails to faze Frisco homeowner  (video)</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Thieu Nguyen has been fighting with his homeowners association over a green fence. Soon, he may not have that home - or the fence that goes with it.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 25 Sep 2008 14:14:20 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.wfaa.com/sharedcontent/dws/wfaa/latestnews/stories/wfaa080925_wz_hoabattle.aed9b191.html</link>
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     <title>FEMA denies aid to thousands</title>
     <description><![CDATA[In the days after Hurricane Ike hit, thousands of people applied for assistance through FEMA. Some have been given the help they need, but a lot more have been told they do not qualify. It's a frustrating situation for a lot of people.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 25 Sep 2008 10:14:38 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=weather/hurricane&id=6412279]]></link>
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     <title>Elderly Man Under Investigation For Keying Cars</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Jeppe lives in an upscale neighborhood where he serves on the board of his homeowners association. Neighbors describe him in that role as short fused and heavy handed.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 20 Sep 2008 15:37:22 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://kdka.com/watercooler/southlake.hummer.keying.2.821928.html</link>
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     <title>Coppell resident locks horns with homeowners association over Obama yard signs</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Surely, he figured, his Coppell homeowners association couldn’t force him to pull up his small yard signs supporting Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 17 Sep 2008 11:05:27 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.dentonrc.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/091708dnmetyardsign.850d13f9.html</link>
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     <title>Getting to know your homeowner association</title>
     <description><![CDATA[There is a lot of uncertainty when it comes to understanding the scope of power of a homeowner's association and News 8'S Luke Ellis sheds some light on the subject.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 15 Sep 2008 19:24:15 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.news8austin.com/content/headlines/?ArID=219789&SecID=2]]></link>
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     <title>Inspection fees waived for home complaints</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Texas Residential Construction Commission will likely waive all inspection fees incurred on homes built by Affiliates LLC and First Home.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 07 Sep 2008 13:12:01 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.taylordailypress.net/articles/2008/09/04/news/news03.txt</link>
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     <title>Frisco Homeowner Loses Appeal, Must Keep Pickup in Garage</title>
     <description><![CDATA[As you drive through the Stonebriar neighborhood where Jim Greenwood lives, you see all makes and models of cars and SUVs, even a porta-potty in one driveway, but what you won't see are non-luxury pickup trucks.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 12:00:22 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.myfoxdfw.com/myfox/pages/News/Detail?contentId=7366952&version=1&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=TSTY&pageId=3.2.1]]></link>
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     <title>Man seeks to redevelop Lake Dallas condo area</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A Corinth man has proposed buying the common-area properties belonging to the people of Harbortown Villas in hopes that he can help boost redevelopment in the neighborhood.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 30 Aug 2008 09:15:06 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.dentonrc.com/sharedcontent/dws/drc/localnews/stories/drc_sup_0830.26e70057.html</link>
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     <title>HOA Fines Resident Over Antenna  (video)</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A Fort Worth man put up his own digital antenna for the upcoming digital transition, but his homeowners' association doesn't like it because it's not hidden.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 11:05:36 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.myfoxdfw.com/myfox/pages/News/Detail?contentId=7312819&version=1&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=VSTY&pageId=3.2.1]]></link>
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     <title>Condo fire brought under control</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Austin firefighters spent more than and hour Friday evening fighting a blaze at the Shoal Creek Condominiums, in the 3900 block]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 15:32:27 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.kxan.com/Global/story.asp?S=8888019&nav=menu73_2_5]]></link>
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     <title>Austin Condo fire brought under control</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Austin firefighters spent more than and hour Friday evening fighting a blaze at the Shoal Creek condoes]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 23 Aug 2008 13:30:40 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.kxan.com/Global/story.asp?S=8888019&nav=menu73_2_1]]></link>
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     <title>City Tells Condo Residents To Vacate (video)</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Residents packed up at the Park Memorial condos at Detering at Memorial on Monday after the city of Houston said all 108 occupants must move out]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2008 10:46:09 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.click2houston.com/news/17226067/detail.html</link>
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     <title>Condo complex may go on block</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The owners of West End condominium complex Club of the Isle have defaulted on a $35.9 million loan from LaSalle Bank, which has filed notice of its intent to sell the property next month to the highest cash bidder]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2008 10:23:25 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://galvestondailynews.com/story.lasso?ewcd=32404235a684c7b7&-session=TheDailyNews:42F9412813f903980AoOG216162C]]></link>
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     <title>HOA says man's pickup is not classy enough (video)</title>
     <description><![CDATA[If there is one thing Texans are serious about - it's pickups. Now one North Texas man says his truck is being targeted, simply because his homeowners' association doesn't think it's classy enough.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 17 Aug 2008 20:11:19 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.wfaa.com/sharedcontent/dws/wfaa/latestnews/stories/wfaa080815_lj_stoler.4dc09d95.html</link>
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     <title>No trash pickup for neighborhood  (video)</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Principal Management Group wouldn't go on camera, but said the association has been without a board for five years. Now the 300 or so homes are predominately rentals and getting the landlords to pay has been impossible.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2008 14:17:58 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=news/local&id=6323453]]></link>
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     <title>Memorial Park residents losing homes due to unsafe construction</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Houston City engineers are warning nearly a hundred families who live in one of Houston's nicest neighborhoods that their homes are in imminent danger of collapse.  It’s happening at the Park Memorial Condominiums on Memorial Drive.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 11:03:50 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.khou.com/news/local/stories/khou080812_mp_bad_condos.3e3ad4f8.html</link>
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     <title>Residents beg city to bulldoze shuttered condo complex</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Desperate residents who live near a shuttered condo complex in northwest Houston thronged a City Council meeting Tuesday, begging the mayor to bulldoze the empty buildings.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 10:49:11 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/5940224.html</link>
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     <title>Tagging paints a stiff penalty for 17-year-old</title>
     <description><![CDATA[When deputies showed up at a 17-year-old Oak Ridge High School student’s door, the last thing he expected was to face felony charges, his mother said.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2008 10:48:21 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.hcnonline.com/articles/2008/08/01/conroe_courier/news/graffiti0726.txt</link>
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     <title>No room for past in urban condo skyward climb</title>
     <description><![CDATA[For those who aren’t in real estate, it may be hard to understand why a clean, functional or otherwise "perfectly good" residence would be demolished because it isn’t worth the land under it.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 10:32:29 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://houston.bizjournals.com/houston/stories/2008/07/21/focus1.html?b=1216612800%5E1670586</link>
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     <title>Fight over land that could be Bush presidential library takes another turn</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A long-running legal fight over who owns land that could house the future Bush presidential library, took a new twist Monday when a federal appeals court deciding to send key questions back to federal district court.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 08:50:53 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/stories/DN-vodicka_15met.ART.State.Edition1.4dc7fd4.html</link>
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     <title>Condo fires damages four units</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Firefighters from several area departments battled a four-alarm blaze at a Lake Dallas condominium complex early Wednesday.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2008 18:04:21 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.dentonrc.com/sharedcontent/dws/drc/localnews/stories/DRC_Lake_Dallas_fire_0710.3df83d78.html</link>
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     <title>Homeowner associations dispute rate increases</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Two homeowner groups that had been united in opposition to a Kendall County Utility Company rate increase may now be at odds with each other over a proposed settlement.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 12:24:42 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.boernestar.com/articles/2008/07/08/news/news03.txt</link>
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     <title>Alleged scams dotted foreclosure landscape</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The pattern of inflated sales prices, absentee ownership and high foreclosure rates repeated itself at several other visible condo projects in pricey Houston neighborhoods:]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2008 11:58:01 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/5873676.html</link>
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     <title>Water runs dry at Bandera River Ranch</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Some homeowners in the 30-year-old subdivision reportedly went up to eight days without adequate water two weeks ago. White said that a primary well had malfunctioned and because there were no drought restrictions in effect, the 500-gallon storage tank could not sustain the usage.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 21:37:09 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.banderabulletin.com/articles/2008/07/01/news/568.txt</link>
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     <title>Residents Disheartened Over Dilapidated, Stagnant Country Club</title>
     <description><![CDATA[What was once a pristine links golf course is now a hazard filled with high grass, snakes and rodents. The Eagle Mountain Country Club is now in shambles and all but abandoned and residents living nearby are livid,]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 28 Jun 2008 13:07:23 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.nbc5i.com/news/16731588/detail.html</link>
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     <title>Escaping an HOA isn't easy</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Yet even in this remote enclave, Lee still managed to land in a fight with his homeowners' association, which started protesting when he started building a barn on his property.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 21:22:43 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.txcn.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/tv/stories/wfaa080623_wz_hoas.322128ff.html</link>
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     <title>Committee looking for solutions to Lake Ridge erosion</title>
     <description><![CDATA[In Lake Ridge, where homes are valued between $200,000 and $500,000 and the vistas overlook Joe Pool Lake, stable ground is hard to find.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 21:23:03 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/stories/DN-lakeridge_23met.ART0.State.Edition1.4d7ede1.html</link>
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     <title>HOA Threatens Foreclosure On Couple Stationed Overseas</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A San Antonio couple, serving in the military overseas, almost loses their home. Not because they failed to make their mortgage payments, but because they were behind on their homeowners association fees. This military couple was fighting a losing battle, so they asked News 4 Trouble Shooter Jaie Avila for help]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 18:28:40 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.woai.com/content/troubleshooters/story.aspx?content_id=57a008ef-4dcf-480f-9856-93cd480b85ff</link>
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     <title>Airport land use plan might cost Humble homeowners</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A proposed plan to control development around Houston’s three airports could leave some Humble residents responsible for the cost of soundproofing their homes.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 13 Jun 2008 09:55:53 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.hcnonline.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=19768321&BRD=1574&PAG=461&dept_id=635652&rfi=6]]></link>
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     <title>For Zilker-area condos to rise up, trees are cut down</title>
     <description><![CDATA[During the second half of May, developers cut down much of a pecan grove as they lay the groundwork for a $130 million condominium project on 4.3 acres near Zilker Park.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 13 Jun 2008 09:03:21 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.statesman.com/news/content/news/stories/local/06/12/0612pecans.html</link>
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     <title>Enron founder's widow paid condo dues</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The widow of Enron Corp. founder Kenneth Lay has paid the condo dues that prompted a lawsuit by her neighbors in an upscale Houston high-rise, attorneys said Tuesday.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2008 10:14:31 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.ksl.com/?nid=153&sid=2863673]]></link>
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     <title>Frisco Fairways homeowners association moves on after coup</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Less than four months after the Frisco Fairways homeowners association sued Mr. Doumani and two other residents for libeling the HOA board in online postings, Mr. Doumani has been elected president of that same board – and all the former members who brought the suit either were replaced or have stepped down.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 07 Jun 2008 20:35:11 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/city/collin/frisco/stories/DN-frhomeowners_07cco.ART.North.Edition1.462ca7c.html</link>
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     <title>TX: Attorney says Weston Lakes city status should be nullified</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Weston Lakes recent incorporation into a city should be nullified says Weston Lakes resident and attorney Robert Bernard. He is preparing a federal lawsuit alleging Weston Lakes failed to abide by state and federal laws while preparing for the election]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 11:33:02 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.fortbendstar.com/060408/n_Attorney%20says%20Weston%20Lakes%20city%20status%20should%20be%20nullified.htm</link>
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     <title>Fire erupts at Central Austin condo</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Fire investigators are trying to determine the cause of a condominium fire.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 03 Jun 2008 11:35:48 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.news8austin.com/content/top_stories/default.asp?ArID=210448</link>
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     <title>West Houston fire destroys condo, damages others</title>
     <description><![CDATA[One condominium was gutted by fire and at least two others were damaged this morning, but Houston firefighters quickly stopped the blaze from spreading to other units at a complex on the west side.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2008 10:37:47 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/5809388.html</link>
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     <title>Code enforcement leads to porcelain protest</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Quite a few homes in the Angus Valley subdivision in Northwest Austin are sporting a new type of protest yard art. You could call it Pottygate.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2008 09:11:28 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.kxan.com/Global/story.asp?S=8356723&nav=0s3d]]></link>
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     <title>Association Dues (Video)</title>
     <description><![CDATA[It may be a sign of the times, a growing number of homeowner and condominium associations across the country are raising their monthly dues.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2008 10:43:00 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.ketknbc.com/home/ticker/19087099.html</link>
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     <title>Homeowner Battles Giant Sinkhole</title>
     <description><![CDATA[He said his neighborhood's drainage easements were dedicated to the city, so the city, not the HOA, should address the problem.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 12:46:13 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.kltv.com/Global/story.asp?S=8332842&nav=1TjD]]></link>
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     <title>Green Initiative Creates Some Unwanted Heat</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Solar panels seem to make sense in Houston's hot, sunny weather.  But some Houston-area homeowners trying them are hitting resistance from homeowners associations that think the panels are unsightly, hurt property values or violate deed restrictions.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 19:44:31 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.redorbit.com/news/business/1382792/green_initiative_creates_some_unwanted_heat/</link>
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     <title>Judge considering HOA ruling</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Seven Oaks of Buffalo Way residents filed a lawsuit against the HOA saying the board stripped them of their voting rights by acting on bylaws that were never filed. Both sides were in the Rockwall County Court of Law May 2 pleading their case. After more than two hours of testimony, the judge said he would take the case under advisement and asked for additional briefing.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 10 May 2008 22:04:43 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.rockwallcountynews.com/articles/2008/05/10/news/local_news/news03.txt</link>
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     <title>Frisco HOA drops libel lawsuit against 3 homeowners</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Both sides also agreed to pay their court costs, and neither side is allowed to claim that they "won" the case. The agreement also states that it must be posted on the HOA’s Web site, www.FriscoFairways.org, for not less than 30 days]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 21:31:30 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.courier-gazette.com/articles/2008/05/07/breaking_news/16.txt</link>
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     <title>Homeowner's association suspects former president of rip offs</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Alpine Village Homeowner's Association suspects its former president of shady dealings and has filed suit against him in hopes of making him talk.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 11:45:23 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.setexasrecord.com/news/211776-homeowners-association-suspects-former-president-of-rip-offs</link>
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     <title>Richardson man killed in condo fire</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A man was killed early Sunday morning after flames engulfed a condo on Beltline Road in Richardson]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2008 05:06:26 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.wfaa.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/tv/stories/wfaa080427_mo_fatalfire.a8ec6627.html</link>
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     <title>Neighbors join together to preserve land near Great Hills Park</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Under a tight deadline, a neighborhood near the Arboretum is trying to buy back land adjacent to Great Hills Park recently sold at auction.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 27 Apr 2008 16:27:49 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.impactnews.com/northwest-austin/local-news/239-news/950-great-hills-park</link>
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     <title>Green Tee considers gating itself</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Members of the Green Tee Homeowners Association are seeking to become a gated community, however difficult and costly the process may be, for added security and traffic control.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2008 06:20:11 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.hcnonline.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=19515595&BRD=1574&PAG=461&dept_id=635585&rfi=6]]></link>
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     <title>Kingwood Place Village will receive $14,102 refund</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Members of the Kingwood Service Association, or KSA, unanimously voted to refund $14,102 to refund residents of Kingwood Place Village. During the past year, the board of the Kingwood Place Community Association discovered that residents were paying KSA assessments twice.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2008 05:27:54 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://ourtribune.com/article.php?id=3340</link>
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     <title>Realtors say strict signage rules sinking sales</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The board decided to model the sign restrictions of the Woodbridge Village Association in California. The board controls the appearance, location, and number of signs.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 21 Apr 2008 06:18:48 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.news8austin.com/content/your_news/default.asp?ArID=206344</link>
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     <title>Hutto homeowner slammed with fees</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Means worked out a monthly payment plan but he soon realized he couldn't afford the now-$367 monthly payment. He fell behind again. A few fines and lawyers fees later, Means now owes more than $6,000.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2008 05:03:14 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.news8austin.com/content/your_news/default.asp?ArID=205835</link>
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     <title>Homeowners association disputes hit home for Rockwall council member</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Rockwall City Council member Matt Scott is waging war against homeowners associations, both personally and politically.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 13 Apr 2008 12:39:18 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/stories/DN-hoafight_13eas.ART0.Central.Edition1.4674dc9.html</link>
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     <title>Pit bulls to be put down</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A representative of the Sienna Plantation Homeowner's Association, Sandra Denton, said her group is reviewing the possibility of community rules regarding dangerous dogs, though questions remain as to what constitutes a dangerous dog and the abilities of the association under state law.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 12 Apr 2008 06:11:43 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.herald-coaster.com/articles/2008/04/11/news/top_story/topstory.txt</link>
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     <title>Judge sets trial date for Frisco Fairways libel suit</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A Frisco homeowners association that is suing three of its residents for libel will get the jury trial it has requested.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2008 13:22:10 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/041008dnmetfriscofariways.499b214c.html</link>
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     <title>Arlington Man Nearly Loses Home Over $250 In HOA Dues</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Mahone said he now wishes he had been more diligent, but said he still can't believe he almost lost his house over $250.  Texas gives homeowners some protection if an HOA does forecloses. The homeowner has six months to repay the debt and buy the house back.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2008 05:29:25 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.nbc5i.com/money/15830981/detail.html?rss=dfw&psp=news]]></link>
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     <title>Open Meetings Act Does Not Cover HOA Boards, Some Say That Needs To Change</title>
     <description><![CDATA[For literally thousands of residents throughout Fort Bend County, a homeowner’s association board can have a tremendous impact on their day-to-day lives, but without any legal requirement for the openness in decision-making required by law for governmental entities.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 04 Apr 2008 07:04:34 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.fortbendnow.com/pages/full_story?page_label=home&id=56200-Open-Meetings-Act-Does-Not-Cover-HOA-Boards--Some-Say-That-Needs-To-Change&article-Open-Meetings-Act-Does-Not-Cover-HOA-Boards--Som]]></link>
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     <title>New study dispels myths about Austin condo market</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Most downtown condo dwellers are young people. Many downtown dwellers work downtown. Many people buying downtown condos are investors from outside of Austin. Wrong, wrong and wrong, according to a survey of Austin's downtown condo market to be released today.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2008 07:06:04 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.statesman.com/business/content/business/stories/realestate/04/02/0402condos.html</link>
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     <title>Lubbock council to consider settling Lake Alan Henry lawsuit</title>
     <description><![CDATA[City attorneys and lawyers for the North Ridge Homeowners Association declined to comment on the case. The association sued in 2007, challenging the city's efforts to restrict construction in a 300-foot easement off of the lake's original shoreline.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 28 Mar 2008 14:11:13 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://lubbockonline.com/stories/032708/loc_262177008.shtml</link>
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     <title>Southwest Houston midrise condos evacuated due to fire</title>
     <description><![CDATA[An midrise condo building was evacuated early Wednesday morning after police reported seeing heavy smoke and flames from its roof.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 26 Mar 2008 05:12:01 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.khou.com/news/local/stories/khou080326_ac_midrisefire.5ea4bd.html</link>
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     <title>Frisco homeowners association, residents in free speech fight</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Last month, the association sued David Snell, David Doumani and Doug Macari in Denton County state district court on charges of libel, slander and defamation, claiming the three harmed the association and its board members by posting messages critical of them in an online forum.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 24 Mar 2008 04:49:06 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/city/collin/frisco/stories/032408dnmetfrhomesuit.39cd654.html</link>
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     <title>Valley Ranch homeowners meeting at church ends in tumul</title>
     <description><![CDATA[It's not often you hear rowdy booing inside a church sanctuary.  At a Valley Ranch Association residents' meeting Thursday night inside a Baptist church, a crowd of more than 100 showered their elected leaders with boos after officials announced results from a mail-ballot election.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 15 Mar 2008 06:48:52 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/stories/031508dnmetvalleyranch.30b3f9b.html</link>
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     <title>Lawsuit seeks unpaid condo fees from Linda Lay</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Neighbors have sued the widow of former Enron chief Ken Lay for not paying her share of the upkeep at The Huntingdon, a posh condominium high-rise in River Oaks]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 15 Mar 2008 06:42:59 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/nation/5621163.html</link>
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     <title>Woman Dies In 2-Alarm Houston Condo Fire</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A woman died in a two-alarm condominium fire in southwest Houston on Thursday]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 13 Mar 2008 05:09:47 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.click2houston.com/news/15583257/detail.html</link>
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     <title>Failure to Pay HOA Dues Can Lead to Foreclosure (News Video)</title>
     <description><![CDATA[As long as you pay your mortgage, you can keep your home, right? Wrong, one North Texas woman learned. She fell behind on her homeowners association dues,]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 08 Mar 2008 06:43:50 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.myfoxdfw.com/myfox/pages/News/Detail?contentId=5972234&version=1&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=VSTY&pageId=3.2.1]]></link>
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     <title>Firefighters battle condo fire for hour</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Firefighters battled a blaze on Friday night that consumed a condo on Padre Island.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 08 Mar 2008 06:38:33 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://caller.com/news/2008/mar/08/fire/?partner=yahoo_headlines</link>
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     <title>More Trouble On Central Austin Condo Site</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A Central Austin condo project, ground to a halt by a contract dispute, suffered another blow this week. Work stopped on the on the Enfield Road Pleiades project months ago. Then storms early this week toppled a large hackberry tree, crushing the security fence there.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 08 Mar 2008 06:19:30 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.kxan.com/Global/story.asp?S=7983685</link>
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     <title>Homeowner loses fight over yard</title>
     <description><![CDATA[It's a battle in one west Harris County neighborhood that has been going on for years. People are upset over the condition of one woman's yard.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 08 Mar 2008 05:58:35 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=news/local&id=6006263]]></link>
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     <title>Are Surveillance Cameras the Answer to Rising East Dallas Crime Rates?</title>
     <description><![CDATA["To give you some idea," Becker says, "just in our homeowner's association area in the last 100 weeks there have been 28 incidents. In the previous 12 weeks before cameras, we had 27 incidents."]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 06 Mar 2008 04:53:58 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.dallasobserver.com/2008-03-06/news/are-surveillance-cameras-the-answer-to-rising-east-dallas-crime-rates</link>
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     <title>Associations and Township sign Transition Agreement</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Community Associations of The Woodlands and The Woodlands Township signed a historic agreement on Friday, February 29, that will lead to consolidation of the governmental functions of The Woodlands into one entity. The signing of the Transition Agreement marked a milestone in the history of The Woodlands.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 02 Mar 2008 09:09:01 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://woodlandsonline.com/npps/story.cfm?nppage=23915</link>
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     <title>Condo boom on Texas coast defies national downturn</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Condominium developers along the Texas Gulf Coast are doing something strange these days: They're continuing to build.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 01 Mar 2008 04:27:16 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.statesman.com/business/content/business/stories/statesmanhomes/03/02/0302condos.html</link>
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     <title>Denton HOA offers reward after racially-charged vandalism</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A North Texas homeowners association is offering a reward after a sign was targeted with a racially-charged phrase.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 26 Feb 2008 05:53:52 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.wfaa.com/sharedcontent/dws/wfaa/latestnews/stories/wfaa080224_mo_dentonhatecrime.2673d3f7.html</link>
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     <title>Lake Highlands homeowners want more respect</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Glee Huebner, co-president of Highlands West Homeowner's Association, rejects the notion that Lake Highlands residents don't want development. "We want the right kind of development," she told me. "Development that will enhance our neighborhood. ... Our biggest problem is this PD zoning request, because the restrictions are so vague, and there is no protection for the homeowners."]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2008 05:17:29 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/city/collin/opinion/stories/DN-central_raff_0222edi.ART.South.Edition1.45fdb9f.html</link>
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     <title>Specifics of President Bush library at SMU detailed in court deposition</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The University Gardens property is the subject of a bitter lawsuit filed by two former condo owners who allege that to make room for the project, SMU bullied them into selling their units at a low-ball price.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2008 16:44:31 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/022108dnmetbushlibrary.fc06345.html</link>
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     <title>Scouts Say They're Being Kicked Out Of Clubhouse</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Homeowners in Oakwood Glen got a letter from the homeowners association notifying them that beginning April 1, all non-profit organizations would have to pay $15 an hour to use the neighborhood clubhouse.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2008 04:54:59 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.click2houston.com/news/15340625/detail.html</link>
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     <title>Plano HOA Paying To Help Sell Sex Offender's House</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Carriage Hills Homeowners Association passed out fliers warning residents about the convicted sex offender living among them.  While residents of the Plano neighborhood agree Kenneth McQuade lives too close to their children, they disagree about what to do about it.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 18 Feb 2008 04:28:08 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://cbs11tv.com/local/Carriage.Hills.Homeowners.2.656585.html</link>
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     <title>Elderly woman rescued from SW Houston condo fire</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Firefighters rescued an elderly woman from a two-alarm fire at a southwest Houston condominium complex Saturday morning, authorities said.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 16 Feb 2008 06:43:51 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/5547210.html</link>
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     <title>Tracking crime by tracking vehicles</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A new way to track crime and protect homeowners in a popular and fast-growing suburb of Houston is getting a test run. It's a pilot program that helps officers spot suspicious vehicles.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2008 04:29:53 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=news/local&id=5956068]]></link>
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     <title>Fines, lawyer fees lead to HOA power battles</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Bland said with the authority given to HOAs in Texas, abuse of power can happen. But he also said some homeowners can be part of the problem when they do not know what restrictions may exist against their property.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2008 03:09:17 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.wfaa.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/tv/stories/wfaa080213_mo_hoaproblems.bd273fff.html</link>
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     <title>Frisco parents fight judge's sex offender order</title>
     <description><![CDATA[While the HOA and its lawyers are confronting Harris County in an attempt to figure out why the judge made the ruling, they said they have had no response]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2008 02:26:00 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.wfaa.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/stories/021408dnmetfriscooffender.beb53ad5.html</link>
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     <title>Mixing it up</title>
     <description><![CDATA[To meet this need, architects in Austin are hard at work designing mixed-use developments, properties that incorporate residential, retail and office space, or some combination of the three]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2008 01:29:01 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://austin.bizjournals.com/austin/stories/2008/02/11/focus1.html?f=et180&b=1202706000^1588187&ana=e_vert]]></link>
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     <title>Valley Ranch HOA election hasn't been all that neighborly</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Carole Lindsey didn't want yard signs for her re-election bid cluttering up the neighborhood. But after her opponents saturated Valley Ranch with their own signs, she says she had little choice.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 10 Feb 2008 08:53:54 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/city/irving/stories/DN-valleyranch_10wes.ART.North.Edition1.460367d.html?npc</link>
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     <title>Homeowners associations: The final authority?</title>
     <description><![CDATA[In many communities, homeowners or condominium associations have final authority in most aesthetic matters — with the ability to sue a property owner, assess penalty fees and even foreclose on a property if the fees aren't paid - because buyers agree to it when they purchase the land or home in the subdivision]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 09 Feb 2008 07:48:35 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.mysanantonio.com/business/realestate/stories/MYSA021008.01D.HOAs_Main.1fef24c.html</link>
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     <title>The Woodlands begins its road to independence</title>
     <description><![CDATA[They still live in an unincorporated community, but property owners in The Woodlands will soon get their first taste of city-like taxes.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 09 Feb 2008 06:30:46 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/5523970.html</link>
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     <title>Cutting Through The Condo Clutter</title>
     <description><![CDATA[It is hard to keep up, but there are 19 condominium projects under construction in Austin, and 26 more are being planned.  Yet are Austinites setting themselves up for a boom or a bust?]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 08 Feb 2008 05:04:57 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.kxan.com/Global/story.asp?S=7841421</link>
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     <title>Cinco Ranch Wins Award For Inaugural National Night Out Event</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Tammy Evans, general manager for the Cinco Ranch Associations, said that the award recognized the community’s ability to unite for the betterment of everyone.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2008 10:02:05 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.fortbendnow.com/community/3845/cinco-ranch-wins-award-for-national-night-out-event</link>
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     <title>Forest Creek homeowners election rigged?</title>
     <description><![CDATA[However, Chandler ended up getting elected by default because one of the two new members stepped down shortly after being elected and the other board members immediately appointed him to fill in. That’s when the shouts for a new election started, apparently.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2008 16:08:11 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.statesman.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/austin/williamson/entries/2008/01/30/forest_creek_hoa_election_rigg.html</link>
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     <title>Police seek condo rapist in Dallas' Oak Lawn area</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Dallas police believe the same man sexually assaulted two women in their Oak Lawn-area condominiums in the last month and are asking for the public's assistance in finding him.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 29 Jan 2008 05:33:13 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/stories/012908dnmetrapist.23e6352.html</link>
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     <title>Safety concerns could close more skate parks in Woodlands</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A warning to skateboarders, freestyle bike riders and inline skaters in The Woodlands: wear those helmets.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 29 Jan 2008 05:23:53 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/nb/woodlands/news/5492198.html</link>
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     <title>Austin: Master-planned community in the works</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A 158-acre tract in Southeast Austin could yield about 670 homes in a master-planned development expected to break ground later this year.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2008 05:08:28 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://austin.bizjournals.com/austin/stories/2008/01/28/story4.html?f=et180&b=1201496400^1581081&ana=e_vert]]></link>
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     <title>Garland condo complex gutted by fire; no injuries reported</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Garland firefighters spent much of Thursday night battling a fire at a condominium complex in the 5900 block of Lake Hubbard Parkway]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 25 Jan 2008 19:35:01 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/stories/012508dnmetapartments.582350df.html</link>
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     <title>Explosion, Fire Destroys Condo</title>
     <description><![CDATA["We know we had been having problems," homeowner Chris Bibby said. "There were problems with all the electric outlets and everything inside the house. We've been telling the homeowner's association about it and everything, but we didn't know this would happen."]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2008 06:11:34 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.desastres.org/noticias.php?id=24012008-04</link>
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     <title>Houston to collect trash in Clear Lake</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The communities of Camino South, Oak Brook, Oakbrook West and Meadow Green were previously contracted with a private garbage collector, but that contract has been canceled by the Clear Lake Community Association.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 19 Jan 2008 06:18:37 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/stories/2008/01/14/daily45.html</link>
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     <title>QV residents consider new deed restrictions</title>
     <description><![CDATA[New proposed deed restrictions went out to residents in 3,047 homes in the Quail Valley Fund over the holidays with a request to vote on them by the end of January. Since the new restrictions were posted on the fund’s Web site some six months ago and were mailed out in December, Tony De Santis said he’s received some six complaints from property owners, lots of questions asking for clarifications and more positive than negative feedback.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 17 Jan 2008 06:00:33 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.fortbendstar.com/011608/n_QV%20residents%20consider%20new%20deed%20restrictions.htm</link>
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     <title>Neighbors want bee invasion eradicated</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The question now is what neighbors can do about the bees and the cat smell.  11 News spoke to the homeowner's association, which says it will look into the problem.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 11 Jan 2008 05:14:09 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.khou.com/news/local/stories/khou080110_tj_bees.e323c7d.html</link>
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     <title>Water conservation efforts in The Woodlands</title>
     <description><![CDATA[To help promote water conservation in The Woodlands, a new tiered water rate system has gone into effect requiring heavy users to pay higher fees.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 10 Jan 2008 04:54:47 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://blogs.chron.com/woodlands/archives/2008/01/water_conservat.html</link>
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     <title>How a blimp helped the condo boom</title>
     <description><![CDATA[In recent years, Lockhart's 16-year-old Austin-based Blimp Photo Services business has been buoyed locally and nationally by the boom in high-rise condominium construction.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 05 Jan 2008 06:22:02 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.statesman.com/business/content/business/stories/realestate/01/05/0105blimp.html</link>
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     <title>Management company defends itself</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Deep in the holiday e-mails, I uncovered a statement from the management company we wrote about just before Christmas. The company is facing lawsuits filed by two homeowner associations.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 03 Jan 2008 04:58:54 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.statesman.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/austin/cityhall/entries/2008/01/02/management_company_defends_its.html</link>
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     <title>Filing for The Woodlands Association elections begins</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Six positions on the WCA and two TWA positions are up for grabs. In addition, more than 100 seats on the village associations and residential design review committees are up for election]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 03 Jan 2008 04:54:27 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=19161872&BRD=1574&PAG=461&dept_id=532533&rfi=6]]></link>
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     <title>Williamson homeowners sue management company</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Two homeowner associations in Williamson County have filed lawsuits in state District Court in Travis County against the management company, RealManage LLC. RealManage manages more than 325 community associations in Texas and six other states, according to its Web site.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 24 Dec 2007 06:04:55 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.statesman.com/news/content/news/stories/local/12/24/1224HOAlawsuits.html</link>
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     <title>Hoops in the Hills score zero points with comedian</title>
     <description><![CDATA[L.A. transplant Bill Kirchenbauer is pushing leaders of the upscale community to ban basketball hoops visible from the street.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 20 Dec 2007 05:37:21 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.statesman.com/news/content/news/stories/local/12/20/1220hoops.html</link>
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     <title>Police don't know how killers foiled security</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Police have not determined how two men got into a gated Fort Bend County community where they bluffed their way into a house and fatally stabbed a retired schoolteacher in a robbery attempt.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 15 Dec 2007 11:48:35 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/5380678.html</link>
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     <title>Safety sign spurs parent, HOA battle (plus video report)</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Some El Dorado Estates residents say all they want to do is protect their kids when they play in front of their houses, but the homeowner association says their warning signs for drivers to slow down have got to go.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 07 Dec 2007 05:02:02 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.wfaa.com/sharedcontent/dws/wfaa/localnews/news8/stories/wfaa071206_mo_safetysign.755933fb.html</link>
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     <title>Crown Oaks lawsuit grows in numbers</title>
     <description><![CDATA[What began as a single lawsuit against a developer for alleged poor lake conditions now is flooding the county court system's civil docket with additional cases.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 07 Dec 2007 04:49:04 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?BRD=1574&dept_id=532215&newsid=19093026&PAG=461&rfi=9]]></link>
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     <title>Pasadena neighborhood seeks to block protests</title>
     <description><![CDATA[...about 50 residents who belong to the neighborhood homeowner's association were in favor of the proposed legal remedy to halt future protests.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 05 Dec 2007 06:26:03 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/5352539.html</link>
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     <title>Actions of community association disputed</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Last year, the homeowners association required each of the 92 homeowners to pay $4,000 for road, taxiway and runway repaving. But one homeowner said only part of the job was done. "As it turned out, none of the roads got done. It seems like the runways and taxiways, especially at the board members houses, they're the ones that got done," said community resident Joe Liebich.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2007 04:10:48 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.kvia.com/Global/story.asp?S=7418150&nav=AbC0]]></link>
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     <title>Item on stove blamed for high-rise condo fire</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A two-alarm fire broke out just before 11 a.m. Tuesday at The Spires high-rise condo complex on Holcombe.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2007 03:31:51 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.khou.com/news/local/stories/khou071127_jj_holcombfire.45872c85.html</link>
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     <title>Newly elected board member of the has planplans to put Colony Lakes on the map</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Residents approved several changes including adding seats for two additional board members, developing a finance committee, semi-annual meetings and changing to a new management company.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2007 03:28:11 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=19062756&BRD=1574&PAG=461&dept_id=532245&rfi=6]]></link>
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     <title>Texas Neighborhood Bars Convicted Sex Offenders</title>
     <description><![CDATA[An Amarillo, Texas, subdivision has barred convicted sex offenders from owning or living in any new home in the community.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 24 Nov 2007 07:17:04 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.news10.net/display_story.aspx?storyid=35509</link>
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     <title>Historical castle to become part of new condo development</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Now the Castle, the historical turreted building that looms over the central city from a hillside just east of the Clarksville neighborhood, is poised to become the centerpiece of a planned high-end office and condominium development.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 18 Nov 2007 11:33:56 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.statesman.com/news/content/news/stories/local/11/17/1117castle.html</link>
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     <title>Cypress group wants to ban sex offenders</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A Cypress homeowners association wants to ban registered sex offenders. Keeping out sex predators might seem like a slam-dunk proposal, but at least one woman in the Cypress Point and Cypress Point Lake Estates subdivisions thinks it's a bad idea.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 18 Nov 2007 11:09:34 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/5309101.html</link>
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     <title>WCA board drops assessment rate by two-thirds</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Residents in the older villages will see their property assessments plummet in 2008 and 2009 after The Woodlands Community Association decided Wednesday to spend its cash surplus before the governance transitions to the future Woodlands Township board]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 18 Nov 2007 11:08:27 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?BRD=1574&dept_id=532216&newsid=19029278&PAG=461&rfi=9]]></link>
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     <title>Homeowners associations may team up on gas leases</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Several large south Fort Worth homeowners associations might team up to try to negotiate a gas lease offer as a group]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2007 05:08:29 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.star-telegram.com/business/story/295942.html</link>
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     <title>Residents chart road to governance in Woodlands</title>
     <description><![CDATA[About 15,400 of the roughly 56,000 registered voters in the community turned out to vote, smashing records of the number of voters in a local community election]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 07 Nov 2007 16:25:45 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/nb/woodlands/news/5282301.html</link>
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     <title>The Woodlands 2007 Holiday Lighting and Decorating Contest</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Decorate your home for the holidays and join in the fun for the annual Holiday Lighting and Decorating Contest. There are no registration or entry requirements; simply display your lights and/or decorations every night, December 6 - 12, and you’re automatically entered.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 07 Nov 2007 16:07:53 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://woodlandsonline.com/npps/story.cfm?nppage=21909</link>
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     <title>CB Richard Ellis Web site lists 5,000 bulk-sale units</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The end stage of stalled condo and condo conversion projects is now called fractured condos - buildings with units being sold in bulk.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 26 Oct 2007 13:26:54 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://sanantonio.bizjournals.com/southflorida/stories/2007/10/29/story2.html</link>
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     <title>Homeowner asks for rules to be enforced</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A resident of The Hills neighborhood in Lakeway is making noise about a homeowner's association ordinance which he says is not being enforced. Section 9.06 of The Hill's neighborhood charter says sporting equipment such as basketball goals, soccer goals and other equipment are not allowed in the front yard.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 26 Oct 2007 05:02:35 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.kvue.com/news/local/stories/102507kvuelakeway-rm.1a7f0ae3a.html</link>
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     <title>Homeowners turn to state for wind insurance</title>
     <description><![CDATA[After the devastation of hurricanes Katrina and Rita, selling windstorm insurance along the Gulf Coast no longer is a risk many insurance companies are willing to take.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 24 Oct 2007 14:26:16 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://thefacts.com/story.lasso?ewcd=793f75187bd637f9</link>
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     <title>SMU still waits to seal the deal on Bush library</title>
     <description><![CDATA[But others suspect one big holdup is a bitter lawsuit over land that might be used for the library. Two former condo owners allege that to make room for the project, SMU bullied them into selling their units at a low-ball price]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 23 Oct 2007 05:00:34 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/102207dnmetbushlibrary.34e2e50.html</link>
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     <title>Fire at South Austin Condo Complex Displaces 10</title>
     <description><![CDATA[10 people will have to find a new place to sleep after a fire in South Austin. The 2-alarm fire broke out at a condo complex]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 15 Oct 2007 13:52:43 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.myfoxaustin.com/myfox/pages/News/Detail?contentId=4643016&version=1&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=VSTY&pageId=3.2.1]]></link>
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     <title>North Houston resident tries to make point with signs</title>
     <description><![CDATA[More than a dozen signs are doing just that. To the litter bugs, there's a sign that says 'Don't litter.' To the thieves, there's a sign that says 'Don't steal plants or flowers.' And there's even a sign that reads, 'Don't defecate in shrubs.' They line his property and are not sitting well with his homeowner's association.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 09 Oct 2007 04:35:35 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=local&id=5696311]]></link>
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     <title>Associations Meet on Future Services</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Community Associations of The Woodlands marked a historic moment on Tuesday, October 2, with a joint meeting of the Boards of Directors of the three associations to discuss a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). The MOU is an agreement by and among seven entities, which will shape the future of how services are delivered to Woodlands residents.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 05 Oct 2007 04:33:18 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://woodlandsonline.com/npps/story.cfm?nppage=21657</link>
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     <title>Homeowners Association Sells Disabled Couple's Home</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Instead filing a lien and leaving it at that, the Heritage Hills HOA took the unusual step of foreclosing and selling the house. The Lambert's home sold at a public auction on the steps of the Bexar County Courthouse. The house valued at $156,000 sold for only $2,200.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 25 Sep 2007 15:22:56 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.woai.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=d0dc0146-25d0-4fcb-9346-3809cabac270</link>
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     <title>Water slimes sidewalk in Stonebridge</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Problem: Neighbors in the Stonebridge Ranch community in McKinney are concerned about running water near Winter Haven Lane and Barre Meadow Lane that leaves slimy green streaks on the sidewalk that attract insects.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 16 Sep 2007 03:23:35 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/city/collin/mckinney/stories/DN-eyeabouttown_15cco.ART.North.Edition1.42337b0.html</link>
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     <title>The Woodlands looks toward one governing body</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Since its inception, The Woodlands has been unique in setting the bar for master-planned communities, so it comes as no surprise that it's moving forward on a political experiment that's never been tried before.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 11 Sep 2007 04:35:09 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/5121168.html</link>
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     <title>SMU's Shame</title>
     <description><![CDATA[But I don't see why either camp would want to see the library go to Southern Methodist University. Given the ugly history of the land acquisitions underlying their bid, I would think none of us would want to see it at SMU.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 09 Sep 2007 08:50:24 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.dallasobserver.com/2006-03-16/news/smu-s-shame/</link>
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     <title>Study: Many resent homeowners' associations</title>
     <description><![CDATA[But, a recent survey suggests most homeowners resent their control, and even go to battle when conflicts arise.  Some 3,000 responded to the survey conducted by Servicemagic.com and more than two-thirds called homeowners associations bad news.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 06 Sep 2007 14:05:32 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.kvue.com/news/top/stories/090607hoa-cb.aab3cd83.html</link>
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     <title>Insurers to bear brunt of home construction defects</title>
     <description><![CDATA[That question has been in front of the Texas Supreme Court for nearly two years. The court ruled late last week that construction defects are generally accidents and should be covered under contractor liability insurance.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 06 Sep 2007 03:22:58 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/bus/stories/DN-insurance_06bus.ART.State.Edition1.35aaf7c.html</link>
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     <title>Unfinished Allen house becomes dumping ground</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Woodland Park neighbors say they've had enough. Three years of frustration over an eyesore that wouldn't go away.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 30 Aug 2007 11:41:28 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.wfaa.com/sharedcontent/dws/wfaa/localnews/news8/stories/wfaa070830_lj_allen.8569561c.html</link>
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     <title>Plano man told to remove solar lights</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Eli Barron didn't ask his homeowners' association for permission to install seven solar lights.  He didn't know he had to until he received a letter.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 28 Aug 2007 16:24:11 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.wfaa.com/sharedcontent/dws/wfaa/latestnews/stories/wfaa070828_lj_stoler.7b2ad197.html</link>
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     <title>U Lofts Fails Inspection, Leaving Tech Students In Hotels</title>
     <description><![CDATA[More than 130 Texas Tech students are staying in hotels Tuesday, after the building they were supposed to move into failed its city inspection.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 28 Aug 2007 16:13:48 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.kcbd.com/Global/story.asp?S=6996194&nav=3w6y]]></link>
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     <title>San Antonio Helps Victims of Massive Condo Fire</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A fire took everything from more than a dozen families this weekend. But San Antonians from across the city are helping people who used to live at the Castlewood Condos on Medical Drive.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 28 Aug 2007 13:51:09 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.woai.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=0515a487-6a8d-4a5e-adb3-5f3a3b0b36dc</link>
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     <title>Austin condo market: How much is too much?</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Could downtown, where developers have more than 1,400 luxury condos under construction and nearly 3,200 planned for the next few years, end up with too many units and too few buyers?]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 26 Aug 2007 10:48:00 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.statesman.com/business/content/business/stories/realestate/08/26/0826condos.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=3]]></link>
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     <title>Probe continues into worker's fall from Clear Lake condo</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Federal and local authorities were continuing their investigation today into the fatal fall of a construction worker from a top floor of the 30-story Endeavour Clear Lake condominium project.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 24 Aug 2007 15:10:48 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/headline/metro/5076688.html</link>
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     <title>Fines force feral cat program to close</title>
     <description><![CDATA[After a neighbor complained that the water bowls left for the cats were attracting mosquitoes, Animal Control issued Willis and her complex citations.  Fearing future fines, they’ve halted their operation.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 23 Aug 2007 14:37:02 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.khou.com/news/local/stories/khou070823_tnt_feralcats.61c3693e.html</link>
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     <title> No matter the outcome of his legal woes, Lopez is in hot water</title>
     <description><![CDATA[On the other hand, Lopez could be cleared. In that event, he still might have some explaining to do.   Like why he stood by a campaign manager who (A) was court-martialed for attempting to defraud the Army, (B) was sued as treasurer of a homeowner's association because $20,000 in checks from the association's bank account were written to his wife's construction company, and (C) was said in an affidavit to have received $2,000 from a key figure in the Alamo Community Colleges bribery scandal.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 17 Aug 2007 03:58:25 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/metro/stories/MYSA081707.01B.krod.332999c.html</link>
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     <title>Condo residents told to move out of seedy complex</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The city on Wednesday moved to close a northwest Houston condominium complex, declaring the buildings uninhabitable and forcing residents to move.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 17 Aug 2007 03:54:29 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/5058181.html</link>
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     <title>Hard feelings over University Gardens</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A fight with former residents who say SMU forced them out of a university-owned condo complex has dogged the school during its run for the George W. Bush Presidential Library. SMU has denied any wrongdoing, and it's unclear from testimony in the lawsuit when SMU first began considering University Gardens as a possible library site. From depositions in the case:]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 17 Aug 2007 03:47:02 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/longterm/stories/081707dnmetsmucondosider.3699273.html</link>
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     <title>Yours, mine and ours: Condo owners facing insurance issues</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Houstonians are going vertical. Real estate research firms report 3,119 new condominium units hit the market in Houston last year versus 1,001 in 2005. Many empty nesters and young adults buy condominiums because they are drawn to the "lock-and-leave" lifestyle -- they can lose the lawn mowers, long commutes and enjoy living closer to the action of Houston's downtown cultural areas.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 13 Aug 2007 03:58:46 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.bizjournals.com/phoenix/othercities/houston/stories/2007/08/13/focus9.html?b=1186977600^1504800</link>
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     <title>Neighborhood Asks Police To Crack Down On Crime</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Homeowners in DeSoto are taking a unique approach to fighting crime.  The Candle Meadow subdivision Homeowners Association signed a zero-tolerance agreement with the DeSoto Police Department to cut down on mischief.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 10 Aug 2007 14:39:03 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.nbc5i.com/news/13864394/detail.html</link>
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     <title>Condo Residents Upset About Lights</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Residents of a downtown condominium building said they are upset about the amount of light coming from a new parking garage, KPRC Local 2 reports]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 01 Aug 2007 03:54:39 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.click2houston.com/news/13788550/detail.html</link>
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     <title>Dallas judge presses Baylor in legal feud between SMU, condo owner</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A Dallas judge on Monday ruled Baylor University officials must answer questions about their closely guarded plans to land the George W. Bush Presidential Library, part of a long-running legal feud between front-runner Southern Methodist University and the former owner of a Dallas condo]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 25 Jul 2007 04:59:39 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.wacotrib.com/news/content/news/stories/2007/07/25/07252007wacbushlibrarysuit.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=11]]></link>
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     <title>Allstate returns to insuring Texas condos</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A rise in the number of condominiums built in Texas is prompting Allstate to return to insuring these homes after a five-year absence from the market.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 24 Jul 2007 15:16:38 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.star-telegram.com/business/story/179625.html</link>
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     <title>City improves site with aerial maps</title>
     <description><![CDATA[In addition to homeowner association and road construction information, residents can now find city services and facilities using the City of Plano’s updated Geographic Information System (GIS) Web site.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 24 Jul 2007 15:07:56 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.planostar.com/articles/2007/07/24/plano_star-courier/news/00004news.txt</link>
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     <title>Arson investigators probe fire at southeast condo complex</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Arson investigators are trying to determine the cause of a blaze that destroyed an 18-unit condominium building in the 15500 block of Zabolio off of El Dorado in southeast Houston early today.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 23 Jul 2007 04:06:42 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/4990047.html</link>
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     <title>What to Look For in a Condo Conversion</title>
     <description><![CDATA[When you’re thinking about investing in an apartment that’s been renovated into a condo, there are several things to look for. A conversion isn’t as simple as it may seem on the surface—a lot of work (or lack there of) goes into making a place that was once leased out into a permanent home.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 22 Jul 2007 14:04:45 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/viewArticle.asp?articleID=32847</link>
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     <title>One family is saving the environment</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The family followed all of the HOA guidelines when they built their home solar system. "Under the HOA guidelines they wanted our solar system to be aesthetically pleasing so designed and built a shade arbor. It provides a shade and it extends out to the pool. We also have an adult swing on it," Jones said.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 22 Jul 2007 07:04:38 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.courier-gazette.com/articles/2007/07/21/flower_mound_leader/news/01%20front.txt</link>
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     <title>Houston condo residents pack as deadline looms</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Utilities in a southwest Houston condominium building declared unsafe by the fire marshal will remain on through Friday to give eight families extra time to vacate if they need it, a city official said today.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 19 Jul 2007 13:26:20 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/4982041.html</link>
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     <title>East Dallas Condo Fire Appears To Be Arson</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Many of the fire victims and witnesses say they believe the fire was intentionally set. For residents of the two badly damaged units, what wasn't turned into ash was left unusable by fire, smoke and water.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 19 Jul 2007 04:09:39 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://cbs11tv.com/local/local_story_199191805.html</link>
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     <title>Condo residents face eviction</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Some Houston residents will not be winning a fight to keep their homes after their condominiums were condemned by the fire marshal.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 17 Jul 2007 04:53:35 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.khou.com/news/local/stories/khou070716_tj_condos.80016783.html</link>
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     <title>Westpark Lakes Residents Left In The Dark After HOA Mysteriously Dissolves</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Residents of Westpark Lakes have found themselves in the dark since the beginning of July, when Reliant Energy pulled the plug on the subdivision’s street lights.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 10 Jul 2007 15:53:28 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.fortbendnow.com/news/3106/westpark-lakes-residents-left-in-the-dark-after-hoa-mysteriously-dissolves</link>
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     <title>Mosquito found in Flower Mound carried West Nile virus</title>
     <description><![CDATA[To help get the word out to residents, the Flower Mound Environmental Services enlisted the help of the Home Owners Association. "We learned that it is important to keep contact with the HOA. We have provided the HOA president with information about what we found, what we are doing and what kind of chemicals we will be using. This is good for us because they can contact people directly and we can give them the information that the residents need to know," Robinson said.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 30 Jun 2007 12:02:05 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.courier-gazette.com/articles/2007/06/30/flower_mound_leader/news/01%20front.txt</link>
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     <title>Homeowner associations flex their muscle</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Asa Henry's backyard playground is a kid's delight -- it's at least 10 feet high, with two slides, a fort, swings, ladders. A sign declares it "the private castle" of his two children.  It also got him sued.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 25 Jun 2007 13:28:15 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.star-telegram.com/metro_news/story/147419.html</link>
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     <title>Warehouse condo concept comes to San Antonio</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Cross & Co. vice president noticed that Arizona developers were offering industrial warehouse space for sale in an ownership setup similar to that of residential condominiums.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 15 Jun 2007 04:09:40 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.mysanantonio.com/business/stories/MYSA061507.01C.Warehouse_Condos.2bb4202.html</link>
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     <title>Gas-well drillers hit nerve in Texas neighborhoods</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Ten homeowner associations representing about 4,800 homes are none too thrilled about a gas company’s plans to drill several wells near their tree-lined neighborhoods of houses built in the 1920s.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 12 Jun 2007 03:09:28 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.fortwayne.com/mld/journalgazette/business/17350458.htm</link>
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     <title>Homeowner reconsiders mowing lawn after jail stint</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Linda A. Ballew spent four nights in the Harris County Jail for ignoring court orders related to a long-running dispute about her overgrown lawn before she finally agreed to cut the grass Tuesday.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 11 Jun 2007 04:54:40 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/4865167.htmlk</link>
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     <title>After two decades, the fight continues to suppress Oak Wilt.</title>
     <description><![CDATA[City municipalities, residents and neighborhood associations are warning shady and careless tree trimmers to back away from the city's cherished oaks from February through June when the beetles are running rampant. Web sites and blogs are in place to discuss problem areas for oak wilt, first-hand accounts and schedules for meetings.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 09 Jun 2007 17:21:10 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.statesman.com/life/content/life/stories/gardening/05/26/0526garden.html</link>
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     <title>Legislation puts Woodlands on track for future</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Residents of The Woodlands can officially start their journey into self-governance now that two key legislative bills have passed, making it possible for the community to become a city in the future.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2007 16:30:00 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/4828223.html</link>
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     <title>Woodlands Kicksoff Community Policing Program</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Community leaders and boards of directors gathered on Saturday, May 19, to celebrate the kickoff of The Woodlands’ new community policing program. Leaders met with newly hired officers, viewed new cars identified with The Woodlands program, and took advantage of a photo opportunity with at least 15 cars and officers expected.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2007 17:33:35 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://woodlandsonline.com/npps/story.cfm?nppage=20838</link>
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     <title>Beavers Taking Residence In Round Rock Pond</title>
     <description><![CDATA[ROUND ROCK Some homeowners in Round Rock are not too wild about a few of the neighbors who have taken up residence outside.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2007 05:06:59 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://keyetv.com/local/local_story_127231449.html</link>
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     <title>Subdivision signs spark controversy</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Two informational neighborhood signs at the Cedar Springs subdivision have been at the center of several past disputes and recently sparked another controversy.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2007 17:08:03 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/neighbors/northwest/stories/MYSA050907.1H.NW.signs.20bc984.html</link>
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