{"id":4620,"date":"2026-07-16T12:08:24","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T12:08:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=4620"},"modified":"2026-07-16T12:08:24","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T12:08:24","slug":"florida-daughter-says-hoa-is-trying-to-force-her-out-of-55-plus-community-after-inheriting-home-from-dad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=4620","title":{"rendered":"Florida daughter says HOA is trying to force her out of 55-plus community after inheriting home from dad"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A 28-year-old homeowner says she is being forced out of her father\u2019s 55-and-over after inheriting the home following his death, as residents are expected to fund the legal fees. <\/p>\n

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Bethany Michel said that \u201c155 geriatric-aged residents\u201d are being asked to foot the legal bills from the HOA dead set on removing her from the Arbor Mill\u00a0retirement community in Jacksonville, she said on TikTok on Monday.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is a 55-plus community that is so eager to get rid of one of their non-55 residents, myself, that on Wednesday, in order to sue me out of my own home, they\u2019re asking 155 residents on fixed incomes to do a mandatory $1,000 assessment,\u201d Michel said.<\/p>\n

Five people voted to approve the special assessment that will charge residents to help amass the HOA\u2019s legal war chest for the legal fight, Michel revealed on her Instagram Story. <\/p>\n

\u201cThey allowed 155 people to think that they had a decision in the vote,\u201d Michel told News4Jax. \u201cBut it was the five board members who spoke for the whole community.\u201d<\/p>\n

Michel, who hosts a podcast and reviews restaurants, has been living in the retirement community since moving to the Sunshine State in 2020 to care for her terminally ill father during the COVID pandemic.<\/p>\n

She inherited the home after her father died in 2023, and residents haven\u2019t been pleased with their younger neighbor.<\/p>\n

Michel said she first received a note telling her she didn\u2019t meet the community guidelines three months after her dad\u2019s death.<\/p>\n

\u201cI 100% am being forced out,\u201d she told the outlet. \u201cThey\u2019re trying to rip my office away from me, too.\u201d<\/p>\n

Michel has since been denied access to other community amenities as she faces the lawsuit, the outlet reported.<\/p>\n

Residents who don\u2019t hand over the assessment fee will be charged $100 over the next ten months, in order for the HOA board to get the required money, Michel claimed.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo not only do I have to pay my own attorney to defend me against these f\u2013kers trying to sue me out of my own home, but I also have to pay the thousand dollar assessment,\u201d she said. \u201cI have to pay both sides. I have to pay them to help sue myself.\u201d <\/p>\n

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Non-board member residents were left conflicted over the lawsuit and subsequent vote to remove Michel from the community.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs a person who has kids, I don\u2019t believe that this is the right thing to do, to just kick her out and take her out,\u201d neighbor William Baltazar told News4Jax. \u201cThe majority of the people here disagree with this. There are very few people that are really pushing it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Other unidentified residents shared they didn\u2019t like the situation but wanted to respect the community ownership age restriction.<\/p>\n

The HOA covenants require each home to have at least one occupant who is 55 or older, and no residents 19 and under are allowed to live in the neighborhood, according to documents viewed by The Post.<\/p>\n

Transfer of home ownership is allowed to be transferred to someone under 55 if they meet the requirements the occupancy restrictions specify<\/p>\n

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\u201cNothing in this Section shall restrict the ownership of or transfer of title to any Lot; provided, no Owner under the age of fifty-five (55) may occupy a Home unless the requirements of this Section are met nor shall any Owner permit occupancy of the Home in violation of this Section,\u201d the document states.<\/p>\n

The HOA governing laws were organized to \u201ccomply Association\u2019s responsibilities in connection with the Housing for Older Persons Act \u201cHOPA,\u201d a federal law that makes it legal for certain age restricted communities to operate and restrict residency.<\/p>\n

Michel remained optimistic and defiant against the HOA after her dad made sure she would be \u201cgrandfathered in\u201d before his death.<\/p>\n

\u201cHow many people between the age of 20 and 30 can actually become a homeowner these days?\u201d she told the outlet. \u201cIt\u2019s nearly impossible to become a homeowner, and the fact that he worked to set me up with a situation where I own a home \u2014 and I was told I would be allowed to stay.<\/p>\n

\u201cLove y\u2019all, even the ones who don\u2019t like me,\u201d she said. \u201cYou will live the rest of your life watching me thrive, whether you\u2019re happy with it or not. I ain\u2019t going nowhere.\u201d<\/p>\n

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