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A GROWING HOUSING TREND
Foreclosure suits filed by homeowners groups add up
March 16, 2002
By
MIKE SNYDER
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Houston, Texas - The number of foreclosure lawsuits filed annually by Houston-area homeowners associations tripled between 1985 and 2001, according to a database compiled from court records by local activists.
This trend is attributed variously to lawyers' seizing on a lucrative speciality or to the growing prevalence of mandatory homeowners groups. It occurred amid growing controversy over tactics the groups use to collect past-due fees and enforce rules, notably in the case of an 83-year-old widow, Wenonah Blevins, who lost her $150,000 home for a time last year over an $814.50 delinquency.
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