Ending the HOA Protection Racket
My Home, My Refuge, Not Their Revenue Stream
Utah homeowners are being funneled into a litigation machine designed to protect donors, not residents. For too long, the Utah "Establishment" has allowed private management companies and their law firms to operate as shadow governments with total immunity. I am running for Congress to break the "Devastating Loop" of non-accountability and ensure that the law applies to everyone—even the politically connected.
The Failure of Leadership: Beholden to the Machine
Utah’s top officials have chosen to protect the HOA industry over the families they were elected to serve.
The Governor’s Blind Eye: While Governor Cox promises to build 35,000 new homes, he has failed to protect the homeowners already here. His top donors include the owners of the very management companies that use predatory tactics that can take homes from hardworking Utahns.
The Lobbyist Attorney General: Utah's Attorney General, Derek Brown, served as the longtime lobbyist for Michael Johnson's FCS/HOALiving Management and the national organization Community Associations Institute (CAI). How can Utahns expect the "People’s Lawyer" to hold the industry accountable when he was on their payroll for years?
The "Fake" Reformers: Legislative sessions come and go with "HOA Reform" bills. These bills are industry-authored "transparency" traps that offer the appearance of oversight while leaving the "Loop" perfectly intact.
The "Frustrating Loop": A Manufactured Crisis
When a homeowner is targeted, they find themselves in an administrative black hole.
Bureaucratic Runaround: The State HOA Ombudsman refers you to Consumer Protection; Consumer Protection refers you to the federal offices of the FDCPA; the FDCPA refers you back to the Attorney General, who refers you back to Consumer Protection, and back to the HOA Ombudsman. No one is protecting you.
Litigation as Punishment: We have seen predatory firms intentionally disable auto-pay systems and block payment portals to create technical "defaults." They then use your own assessments to hire expensive, seasoned HOA attorneys to sue you, bypass the Ombudsman, and outspend you until your equity is gone.
The Human Cost: I’ve stood with neighbors hit with tens of thousands of dollars in unjust fees and fines for a minor dispute, and with the handicapped/disabled, trapped in an expensive legal marathon for over five years just to secure basic civil rights. This is not governance; it is a shakedown where you pay them or lose your home!
The Robinson Plan: The Homeowner’s Bill of Rights
End Manufactured Defaults: It should be a state and federal crime to refuse a valid payment or disable a resident's payment portal during a dispute.
Bind the Ombudsman: Transform the HOA Ombudsman from a "paper tiger" into a binding mediation authority to stop the abuse.
Federal Oversight: I will champion federal legislation to hold HOA debt collectors accountable to the FDCPA, ensuring that the "Loop" of immunity ends in Washington and in Utah.
"Our homes are our greatest assets and our places of refuge. I’m running to take the power out of the hands of the lobbyists and predatory management companies and put the power back in the hands of Utah homeowners." — Dave Robinson
