<prompt> Human: Hi Guys,I live in South Carolina, in a single bedroom condo. A few months ago there was a hurricane that passed through, and apparently cost my association alot of money to repair the roofs on the buildings, etc. They said the estimated costs were around 100k. So I received a letter today from my HOA condo association stating that due to the high costs they will be billing every person who lives here couple hundred people extra monthly payments of 60-100 depending on size of condo for 4 months ONTOP of our normal HOA monthly fees, which is normally already 250mo.They say this is so they can build a reserve fund for 60,000 incase damages ever happen in the future.Is something like this even legal? Can a condo association just decide to bill you extra anytime they want? They say they will keep the money in a bank for a rainy day when damages occur.Seems outrageous to me. Any knowledgehelp on the situation would be amazing!  <response>: You probably need to check the contract. Most likely there is something in there that vaguely allows them to do stuff like this. On the other hand, thats kind of the point of communal living like that. The costs of landscaping, repairs and maintenance to common areas, etc. are spread out across everyone, not the two people that happen to live underneath the area of the roof that nature damaged. 