September 26, 2026 | Mark Luis Foster
Several network members have complained about homes in HOAs that are functioning as Airbnbs, which brings some transient behavior to some properties that are not controlling the situation. In our HOA in the south metro, we don’t allow it, period, although townhomes can be rented for a minimum of 1-year leases.
Now comes word of a lawsuit over an Airbnb, this one in Arizona, that caused a leasing tenant to cancel due to the interrogation techniques of the HOA President.
Elizabeth Luna bought a unit at Del Donore near the medical center with no restrictions on how long she could rent it out. She had been renting short-term to guests on Airbnb. That changed when HOA president Terri Thomure pushed to ban short-term rentals. “When I got the long-term renter, the HOA president started interrogating the tenant and causing her to terminate her lease,” Luna said. According to court documents, Thomure approached Luna’s tenant’s assistant in the parking lot, demanding to know who she was and why she was there. The interaction was so unsettling that the tenant cancelled her lease days later.
Apparently the owner got so fed up that she tried to sell her HOA home, only to get a dose of legal trouble from the association.
When Luna tried to sell the property, the HOA also filed a legal claim against the home. A judge later threw out that claim.
She then took the HOA to court. And won.
The HOA was ordered to pay more than $20,000 in damages and attorney’s fees. Thomure personally was ordered to pay an additional $12,500 for interfering with Luna’s rental contract. Luna says both have paid.
Watch and read the whole report HERE.
