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From the Managing Partner of MBK CHAPMAN PC Comes a Groundbreaking Book That Gives California Homeowners a Step-by-Step Guide to Beating Their HOAs From HELL

via Business Wire

California has over 55,000 HOAs, and far too many of them can only be described as HOAs from HELL. Unfortunately, homeowners living in those HOAs have been forced to live with systemic failures to maintain common areas, selective enforcement, fiscal mismanagement, sky-high special assessments, abusive discipline, and ego-driven board members. But now there’s a new book, HOA HELL | California Homeowners’ Definitive Guide to Beating Bad HOAs, written by the managing partner of the Orange County, California law firm, MBK Chapman PC, that will send bad directors from terrible HOAs running for the hills.

Michael Kushner’s HOA HELL gives homeowners the first plain English, battle-tested strategies for dealing with their bad HOAs, which thrive on hiding behind complex procedures that most homeowners simply do not understand. Kushner then shows homeowners, in simple steps, how to use their legal rights to force compliance, stop abuse, and regain control of their associations.

HOA HELL teaches California homeowners:

  • How to strategically document wrongdoing by their HOAs.
  • How to demand records that expose financial problems and violations.
  • How to create pressure to leverage bad HOAs into complying with the law.
  • How to organize neighbors, run recalls, and obtain transparency.

“Homeowners are far from powerless. They just have never been given a clear explanation of what the law actually allows them to do or how to do it,” Kushner said. “HOA HELL gives homeowners the tools to act and a way to force their HOAs to listen.”

HOA HELL is currently available for preorder on Amazon (Kindle only) or Barnes & Noble (hardcover/paperback). The official release date is December 15, 2025.

Michael Kushner is California’s #1 leading authority on homeowner-side HOA law. For nearly 30 years, he and his team of attorneys have represented thousands of homeowners in disputes with their HOAs. Mr. Kushner pioneered the pre-litigation systems and strategies now used by the state’s largest homeowner-side law firms. He is the founder of MBK Chapman and host of the very popular podcast, HOA HELL, where he provides practical guidance to homeowners facing HOA problems.

“Homeowners are far from powerless. They just have never been given a clear explanation of what the law actually allows them to do or how to do it.”

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