PALM BEACH COUNTY, FL (BocaNewsNow.com) (Copyright © 2025 MetroDesk Media, LLC) — In another reminder to residents of homeowner associations, property owner associations, and condo associations: paying fees, dues, and assessments is not optional. That’s the lesson being taught to Francis Berger by the Wycliffe Golf and Country Club. Wycliffe just started foreclosure proceedings against Berger for a failure to pay mandatory fees.
According to the complaint obtained by BocaNewsNow.com, Berger owes nearly $20,000 and has failed to pay over several months. Among the fees: dining service charges, the holiday fund, the “silver capital reserve fee,” “silver dues,” the “silver renovation charge,” quarterly HOA dues, and more. Combined with late fees and attorney’s fees, the total comes to $19,668.49.
Berger’s home in the 10200 block of Andover Coach Circle is valued at $255,000 and was purchased in 2014 for $49,000, according to public records. Her annual taxes are just under $3,000.
Homeowners in communities run by associations — and that’s most of them — agree to pay fees, dues, assessments, and more as a condition of purchasing a property. Payment is non-negotiable. Florida law gives associations the ability to file liens and initiate foreclosure action against any homeowner who refuses to pay. The Wycliffe Country Club is represented by Michael S. Feldman of Wasserstein, P.A. In Boca Raton. Francis Berger had not filed a response to the suit as of early Tuesday morning.
