Anyone who has lived in an HOA neighborhood understands the petty politics involved, sometimes the absurd rules - and there’s almost one “narc” who thinks their job is to spy on the neighbors to make sure they’re not adding a non approved deck or keeping their boat in the driveway too long or whatever.
On the other hand, it is 100% voluntary to live in an HOA neighborhood - and they do keep odd ball houses from ruining everyone’s property value.
But not a gov/political issue.
I live where there is a HOA, and never again.
Bingo. To say this article is convoluted is an understatement.
A business associate of mine spent two years dealing with a situation involving a foreclosure case that was based on a fraudulent lien that had been filed on his property. To be more accurate, there was never a lien on the property. Someone took a lien on a different property and altered it by hand before filing the foreclosure suit against him. He's now suing the condominium association and all of the officers involved in the foreclosure case.
P.S. The foreclosure case went down in flames after the attorney who filed the legal papers on behalf of the association informed the judge in the case that he had retained his own attorney in the matter.
Ding, ding ding! We have a winner.
HOAs are no different from any other level of government. Keep them small and stay involved. We are in one because the house and property were planned that way from the start. There are only 39 homes but they are on acreage in a gorgeous rural setting. I made sure I got elected to the board (of 5) and I frequently talk to my neighbors so they will keep me there. And then I recruited like-minded people to run for the board as well.
This is my ballot statement that gets me reelected every two years:
The last thing any of us needs these days is another layer of rule-making government in our lives. It is my goal in serving on The Board to seek a balance between minimal intrusion in our lives and retaining an attractive neighborhood where we can tastefully personalize our own properties within the guidelines of the original quiet, rural vision for [development name].
But there is no "right" to high property values. However there is a right to have an oddball home if it is on private property. Therefore HOA's are anti-private property.
I happily live with a HOA and for the life of me, I couldn't understand one damn word that article was sayin'..........Not a word.