It’s been nearly three months since Hurricane Beryl and the same amount of time people in one Pecan Grove community say they’ve had their mail delivery service disrupted.

Annette Sealey and her husband Jerome have lived at the Glenwood Village condominiums on Leonora Street and Bellfort Street for over 20 years. They raised two daughters there and now have five grandchildren visit. However, those visits have stopped in the last few weeks.

“The first day we go to the pool this summer, this happens,” Anthony Garza said. Garza spent his Wednesday afternoon at the Clayton Community Pool in Alief with his nephews. He told KPRC 2 reporter Corley Peel, the pool was calm, and several people were swimming.

From fines and fees to unexplained expenses we commonly hear your complaints about issues some of you are having with your homeowner’s association. Investigator Amy Davis is getting answers to your HOA related questions with Attorney David Kahne. He represents homeowners in battles against their HOA’s.

A grandmother worried about paying daily HOA fines calls KPRC 2 to help resolve issues with a utility box in front of her home.

If you live in the Houston area, you’ve probably noticed some new developments in your neighborhood. Whether it’s remodeling updates on someone’s home or developers breaking ground on a new project, construction is happening all over the city.

Trudy Allen has buyers’ remorse after dealing with what she describes as ‘issue after issue.’ The trombone player sold her home in 2020 and moved to the Sunridge Villas condominium on Westpark Drive in Southwest Houston.

Part of our mission for ‘Our Town’ is to look into what people are dealing with in their neighborhood. Just like other parts of Houston the Sunnyside area has caught the eye of developers. Older homes torn down and replaced. But some say their history is being erased they are worried builders are not following building codes. KPRC’s Rilwan Balogun looks into why this is happening and what to do if you have the same issue in your neighborhood.

For nearly a year, some homeowners at the Windsong neighborhood in West Harris County had to drive roughly a mile to the post office to pick up their mail. The cluster mailbox they used was damaged and postal workers wouldn’t deliver their mail worried someone could steal it.

It is illegal only if a sign is posted. If there is a sign and you proceed to park, you could pay a hefty price. Law Enforcement Liaison, Katie Alexander shared her perspective on the topic.

A Sugar Land community is getting frustrated with what they said is lack of action by their HOA president in removing an alligator.

A 63-year-old Houston resident has pleaded guilty to wire fraud, U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani announced Friday.

KPRC 2 first told you about the complex in February after residents spoke out about mold, increases in HOA fees, and issues with maintenance requests. Now residents say they are receiving letters from the HOA’s attorney about harassment and the residents are also faced with a temporary restraining order.

Residents living at the Berkeley Court Condominiums on the Gulf Freeway are expressing their frustration and concerns about management and the Homeowners Association.

Some homeowners in Copperfield say neither their homeowner’s association nor the postal service will replace their mailboxes after a driver damaged them beyond repair last week.

From fence rules to paint colors, we get a lot of questions from you about Homeowners Associations. When you are trying to get answers from HOA board members, what do they really have to tell you?

Homeowners’ rights attorney David Kahne discusses issues homeowners advocates plan to present to the Texas Legislature in January to hold HOAs accountable.

From the Woodlands to way down south in Pearland, new subdivisions and communities are popping up all over our area. But before you buy into a new neighborhood, you should read this story. One northeast Houston homeowner called our Investigates team when the plan she said was sold to her never materialized.

Have you had a dust-up with a local homeowners associations? We want to hear your wildest HOA stories.

A Richmond community is dealing with a different kind of problem in this heat.

Can a homeowners association force you to cut tree branches? And - how do you know how they are spending the dues? We are answering these HOA questions.

Homeowners in one Katy neighborhood have hit a wall trying to work with their homeowner’s association. We are talking about a literal concrete wall that surrounds their subdivision. At issue: who is responsible for it. KPRC 2 Investigates has a story that could impact anyone with an HOA.

From her cell phone, Teresa Hanna surveyed the battlefield. Her front yard had been toiled by hoof and snout, blown up by an infantry of feral hogs on a mission to grub.

Here are things to know for Monday, Dec. 6:

A new law allows homeowners in Texas to put up a perimeter fence around their property for added security. The law specifically states that homeowners associations can not restrict it. But some are trying. KPRC 2 Investigates team is looking into what your HOA can and can not do.

A group of residents is fighting to keep peacocks in their West Houston neighborhood.

We've received a flood of emails and phone calls from viewers with questions and concerns about HOA issues. We took some of your questions to Attorney David Kahne. He represents homeowners against abusive HOAs. The answers in this article are from his decades of experience dealing with HOA issues.

Whether it’s politics, school spirit, or simply decor, people living in the Barwood community have no problem expressing themselves.

Some neighbors are not too excited about an affordable living complex expected to show up near their neighborhood in Northwest Harris County.

From overreaching homeowner’s association boards that try to control what you can do with your property to corrupt directors, KPRC 2 News has shown you the stories right here in Houston and across Texas that are frustrating hardworking homeowners.

He is a six-foot alligator some neighbors in the River’s Edge subdivision in Richmond have recently become acquainted with. “Just a few days ago, my mom called me and said there’s an alligator. “I mean a gator could have been right here three feet away from my mom last night,” said Cortes. “Normally, if we had a four-footer or three-foot alligator, we would kind of ignore it, it would just go back. The HOA tells KPRC 2 the rescue group is expected to pick up the gator sometime this week.

While Rodriguez says the sign allows neighbors to know what happened, his HOA has given him roughly two weeks to remove it. The sign reads “Botched Raid Sept. 1, 2020.” It refers to the day Harris County Sheriff’s Deputies charged through the front door of his home, claiming to have an arrest warrant. The Sheriff’s Office regrets the mistake and the incident is under review,” the department wrote in a statement in September. READ: Retired HPD officer files complaint against Harris County Sheriff’s Office over raid at wrong houseAdIt’s not the sheriff’s office, however, that’s asked Rodriguez to remove the sign — it’s his HOA. It’s a sign, Rodriguez said, leaves a simple message — what he said he learned after the ordeal left he and his family shaken.

HOUSTON – In northwest Harris County, Westlake and Westlake Forest are among the newest neighborhoods in the Houston-area to use technology once only available to police: license plate readers. Westlake and Westlake Forest have a total of six cameras. The still frame generated from the camera allows those with access to see the time, date, car make and model and the license plate number. For Westlake and Westlake Forest, the Harris County Sheriff’s Office can see the same photos. “It feels just too much like an invasion of privacy,” Jennifer Marquardt, a Westlake Forest resident said.

(KVOA) – A Tucson, Arizona man is fighting to keep his Christmas light display up until Christmas. Frank Morales has staged the elaborate light show for the past four years with no problems. The HOA’s rules state any holiday display must be taken down 30 days after the initial start or performance. Morales says the HOA started his 30-day countdown too soon. “Me building a couple of props and little stuff is the day they started, which wasn’t up.

MISSOURI CITY, Texas – The Lake Olympia Homeowner’s Association in Missouri City sued an elderly resident recently for up to $10,000 in damages after she refused to get rid of her pet chickens. The Alveys thought chickens were allowed in the backyard of their home in Lake Olympia in Missouri City when they moved in 22 years ago. That year, the Alveys told KPRC 2 that an HOA member told them they could keep hens, but no roosters, as long as the animals didn’t disturb the neighbors. After initially resisting, Don Alvey told his wife they might have to give up. “The matter is in litigation and we can’t comment,” HOA attorney Terry Sears said over the phone on Wednesday night.

HOUSTON – A mother is dead and four children are recovering after a two-vehicle crash in north Harris County. One of the children -- a 9-year-old girl who was in the front passenger seat -- was wearing a seat belt and suffered minor injuries. A father and son, who heard the crash, ran to the scene and performed CPR on a boy who was unresponsive. The driver suffered minor injuries and was taken to a hospital. But we need a red light," Taylor said.

These are amenities most homeowners pay for in their HOA dues. Now, some of you want to know if you will get a break or a refund for the amenities you can not use. She pays $720 every quarter in HOA dues. Just like auto insurance companies are giving customers back some of their premiums, Kahne believes HOA’s should refund homeowners part of their dues. Homeowners have the right to see the HOA budget if you request it.

Neighbors of a 3-year-old boy are filing a lawsuit over a backyard playscape which was pre-approved by HOA before being installed. When Colton Costa, 3, learned he could pick out which playscape his parents would buy for their Georgetown, Texas yard, he went for the largest one with the most slides. “We’re trying to live in the now because the future is very scary with this kind of diagnosis,” says Colton’s mother, Kim Costa. Their next-door neighbors, Richard and Carole Gottleib, filed a lawsuit claiming the playscape cannot be properly be screened from view. The Gottleibs say the 14 feet high playscape violates HOA restrictions.

Playground Fight: Neighbors Sue Over Terminally Ill Boy's PlayscapePublished: January 21, 2020, 7:15 pmTexas family says they secured HOA's approval before constructing slide-and-swing set for their terminally ill 3-year-old now at the center of a neighborhood lawsuit.