I wonder if this man can enlist the help of a national veterans assistance organizations to take this to the Federal courts.
Do some research and find hundreds of violations of fire code, Americans with disabilities violations, local ordinances. There are ALWAYS lots of violations... weeds too high on association property, swimming pools in violation of safety regs. They back off real quick to protect themselves from you.
I even found that our homeowner’s association enforcer’s house was built too close to his property line in violation of the municipal laws and association regs without a zoning variance. He is my neighbor. He does not want to move a $750k house.