By Wayne Schutsky | Scottsdale Progress
An ongoing battle between members and the board of a southern Scottsdale housing cooperative escalated last week when a board-hired contractor threatened to levy thousands of dollars in fines against residents who complain about their work to the state.
The threats are the most recent development in problem that has exposed gaps in the state’s legal protections for co-op members and exposed Scottsdale East Homes residents to alleged mistreatment by the board, its management company and contractors.
The community is a housing cooperative, an uncommon housing structure in Arizona, in which individuals purchase membership stakes in the non-profit corporation that owns the real property.
