by Michael Hyland

August 6, 2019

RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) – A veteran who got evicted from his home for failing to pay his homeowners’ association fees, got the keys back to his home this week thanks to help from CBS 17 viewers.Keith Williams Jr. lived in his home in southeast Raleigh for 10 years. A few weeks ago, he said the sheriff’s office came to his house, told him he had to leave and changed the locks.“It started off as a nightmare,” he said. “Homeownership is what America is all about.”As CBS17 previously reported, the situation started in January 2018 when he failed to pay his annual HOA fee, which at the time was $177. He said at the time he was trying to help support his daughter and pay other bills as well, including his mortgage.In the year-and-a-half since then, the situation got out of control as attorneys’ fees mounted and he lost his job.Wake County court records show the HOA, Chastain of Raleigh Community Association, put a lien on his home in May 2018, at which point he owed $526. “And if the lien is not paid, the homeowners association may proceed with a foreclosure against your property in like manner as a mortgage under North Carolina law,” the document reads.  Read more:

https://.cbs17.com/news/local-news/wake-county-veteran-evicted-after-unpaid-hoa-fees-gets-keys-back/