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Texas HOA Foreclosure Limits & the 180-Day Redemption Right

Texas lets property owners' associations foreclose on assessment liens, and that power makes a lot of homeowners nervous. But Chapter 209 of the Texas Property Code, the Texas Residential Property Owners Protection Act, puts real guardrails around it. Two stand out: an association **can't foreclose when the debt is only fines**, and an owner who does lose a home at an HOA foreclosure sale gets **180 days to buy it back**. For boards, these rules aren't just homeowner protections. They're a list of steps that, if skipped, can unwind a foreclosure and expose the association to fee awards. Here's how they work.

MyFrontYard · October 21, 2026

Texas HOA

Texas HOA Fines: The Notice-and-Hearing Requirements Under Sec. 209.006-.007

Most Texas HOA fine disputes don't turn on whether the owner actually broke the rule. They turn on whether the board followed the process before charging the fine. Chapter 209 of the Texas Property Code, the Residential Property Owners Protection Act, sets that process out step by step, and the step boards skip most often is the simplest one: giving the owner the full 30-day window to request a hearing before the fine moves forward. Here's what Sections 209.006, 209.0061, and 209.007 require, where boards tend to slip, and a checklist for getting it right.

MyFrontYard · October 19, 2026

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Texas HOA Records Requests: What Chapter 209 Requires

If you've ever emailed your HOA asking to see the budget or the vendor contracts and gotten silence back, you're not imagining a problem. Texas actually gives homeowners a real, enforceable right to see association records — but the process only works if you follow it. Send the wrong kind of request to the wrong address, and the clock that's supposed to protect you never starts. This guide walks through what Section 209.005 of the Texas Property Code actually requires: what you can ask for, what the association can withhold, how to make a request that starts the legal deadline, and the specific two-step timeline that catches almost everyone off guard the first time.

MyFrontYard · September 11, 2026