We had a voluntary hoa in the neighborhood where i bought my cottate...
i served for 2 years on the board..
i quit when they started to want to interview the candidates before they went on the ballot..
i screamed that if this board even remotely attempts to interfere with an election, my first call would be to the michigan board of elections...
the dude that made that statement is now president of the board..
little hitlers/stalins...
People think they can escape the mini-Fuhrer's of the HOA by buying a detached single family home, but alas the mayor and city council of many cities are corralling all homes into giant citywide pseudo-HOA's.
Even if you live in a single family detached home you may still have to follow:
1. Pet registration, leash, and clean-up laws
2. Regulations on what types of trash cans are allowed and what can be put in each
3. Restrictions on water usage
4. Building code restrictions to limit how you can remodel your home
5. Nuisance infractions that prevent you from doing whatever you want on your property if the effects travel into the neighborhood such as loud noises, cigarette smoke, etc.
6. Limits on where and what you can park on or about your property.
There will soon be no escape for those who decide to up and move if they don't like the way things are run in a particular neighborhood. Even the red lips of Texas are turning a bit blue as the liberals, nanny-staters, and general do-gooders clamp their hands ever tighter over its throat.