read post #56. This HOA is in violation.
I have a pretty thorough working knowledge of these things because of my involvement in a commercial condominium in my personal business. I can tell you right now that the Federal statute in question would NOT apply to any owners in my situation (except as it pertains to displaying flags inside windows) because: (1) individual unit owners don't own anything outside the walls of their offices; and (2) none of the common areas outside the buildings meets the definition of a "limited common element" under the provisions of the master deed and under state law.