New photographic evidence has been obtained documenting ongoing furring strip installation at Omega Villas — and the Board is simultaneously pushing a re-vote on the previously rejected 2026 budget. The timing raises serious questions.
New Construction Evidence: Furring Strips Still Going In
Since the issuance of the DBPR Summary Final Order, fresh photographic documentation has been obtained capturing the installation of horizontal wood furring strips as part of active construction work in Phase 2.
These aren’t minor cosmetic details. The documented conditions raise significant concerns across multiple dimensions:
- Moisture retention — horizontal furring strip configurations can trap water against wall assemblies rather than allowing it to drain
- Long-term durability — wall assembly integrity may be compromised by drainage pathway issues
- Risk allocation — the financial and legal exposure created by these conditions affects owners, insurers, lenders, and future purchasers alike
Independent building science professionals have publicly documented why certain furring strip configurations are closely scrutinized precisely because of moisture and drying considerations. This is not a fringe concern — it is a documented building science issue with real long-term consequences for 128 families.
This evidence is being circulated contemporaneously — meaning no regulatory body, financial institution, or oversight agency can later claim they were unaware of active construction conditions while unresolved governance and financial disputes remained open.
The Budget Re-Vote: Suspicious Timing
While new construction evidence is being documented in real time, the Board is moving forward with another vote on the 2026 budget — the same budget that was not approved in the prior round.
Consider what is happening simultaneously:
- Construction-related concerns remain actively unresolved
- Regulatory oversight has been deferred rather than meaningfully exercised
- The DBPR Summary Final Order has been issued but underlying issues persist
- Owners are being asked to fund ongoing work under disputed conditions
- New physical evidence of potentially problematic construction practices is emerging
Pushing renewed financial approvals while material construction and governance questions remain open is not routine HOA administration. It raises direct fiduciary and transparency concerns that independent oversight bodies should be examining closely.
The question that demands an answer is simple: why is the Board rushing a budget re-vote while furring strip installation continues and construction disputes remain unresolved?
Why This Notice Matters Legally
This update was sent to an extensive distribution list including state and federal oversight bodies, financial institutions, insurers, media organizations, and HOA reform networks for a specific reason.
As Martin stated directly:
“No party can later claim lack of awareness of ongoing construction conditions now documented, the timing of financial pressure relative to unresolved issues, or the existence of contemporaneous evidence circulated prior to any new budget vote.”
This is deliberate legal documentation strategy. By circulating evidence to all relevant parties in real time — before the budget vote proceeds — the record establishes that:
- Oversight agencies were notified and chose inaction
- Financial institutions were warned of ongoing risk conditions
- The Board proceeded with full awareness of documented disputes
- Any subsequent harm to owners occurred with prior notice on record
Silence and inaction in the face of this documentation will itself become part of the evidentiary record.
The Bigger Pattern
This update doesn’t exist in isolation. It is the latest chapter in a documented sequence:
- Furring strips installed outside original contract scope
- Wall thickness increased without owner vote
- Window replacement mandate created by Board’s own construction decisions
- City fines approaching $1 million hidden from owners
- Eight DBPR complaints closed without meaningful action
- Budget pushed through under disputed conditions
- Cancer patient and whistleblower fighting in court while treatment continues
Each new development reinforces the same core conclusion: this Board operates as though accountability doesn’t apply to them.
The photographic evidence says otherwise.
What Happens Next
Construction documentation continues in real time at www.HOAJusticeNow.com. Further updates will follow as the budget re-vote proceeds and construction conditions evolve.
Every photograph. Every timestamp. Every unanswered notice.
All of it on the record.
Full documentation available at: www.HOAJusticeNow.com
Cross-References: Case Files – see Exhibit T, Exhibit T2, Exhibit Q, Exhibit O, 2026 Budget Study, State Escalation Timeline, DBPR Summary Final Order, Bank Accountability & Intervention Blueprint
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