wbtv.com: Elderly home owner loses home to HOA

By Coleen Harry — October 2, 2013

CHARLOTTE, NC (WBTV) -Alfred Thompkins is battling kidney failure, heart disease and high blood pressure. But it’s the fight against his Home Owners Association that’s taking a toll on the 74 year old. “It’s been traumatic” says Thompkins, who retired to Charlotte after working 50 years in New York. In 2004, Thompkins paid $154,953.00 for a house on Brightleaf Place. It’s part of Davis Lake Community Association. Thompkins says a couple of years after he moved in, his niece and her son and daughter came to live with him. Thompkins says he went to register the kids at the club house and pool but was told he couldn’t. So he started to withhold home owner dues. “Why am I paying if my kids can’t use the clubhouse” Thompkins says. “That’s when I decided to stop paying.” Read more: