cbsaustin.com: Cedar Park family distressed after HOA fines turn into lawsuit, possible foreclosure
by Melanie Torre
Monday, November 23rd 2020

Some Central Texas homeowners are facing lawsuits and potential foreclosures brought on by their Home Owners Associations during the pandemic.
“Everybody has their challenges,” says Soc Lindholm. He and his wife, Misty Lindholm, moved to the Highlands at Gann Ranch in Cedar Park 16 years ago. They’ve had their ups and downs with the HOA primarily due to landscaping violations, according to the Lindholms. In June the family received a $1,505 bill for several past-due fines and fees including landscaping violations and trash bins. The violations dated back to last year but were news to them.
“This is the one piece of mail we got,” Misty says showing the bill to the camera while speaking with CBS Austin over Zoom. “Up until then we had paid all of our dues. No emails. No phone calls. No nothing,” she says.
In the days that followed, Misty’s grandmother died and she left town to be with family. Shortly after that the couple started virtual school for their two special needs students. Both she – a breast cancer survivor with an auto immune disorder– and Soc—who has lung damage– were out of work before the pandemic started.
“I know that maybe it seems like that was enough time to take care of that, but for us right now it obviously wasn’t,” Misty explains.
In early November Misty’s dad died from COVID. That was the same week her family was served with a lawsuit from their HOA.
“There’s so much going on that’s so heartbreaking and then we get hit with this,” says Soc. The stress of the lawsuit has caused additional anxiety for the family and health complications for Soc, who according to Misty suffered a vasovagal episode days after CBS Austin first spoke with them.In the days that followed, Misty’s grandmother died and she left town to be with family. Shortly after that the couple started virtual school for their two special needs students. Both she – a breast cancer survivor with an auto immune disorder– and Soc—who has lung damage– were out of work before the pandemic started. Read more:
https://cbsaustin.com/news/local/cedar-park-family-distressed-after-hoa-fines-turn-into-lawsuit-possible-foreclosure