This is not a constitutional issue. You sign your life away when you join an HOA, and part of the $30K is going to be attorney and late fees. He should have coughed up $50 a week for a gardener.
I don’t think he is in HOA.
You sign your life away when you join an HOA, and part of the $30K is going to be attorney and late fees.
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This is not an HOA. It’s code enforcement from the city.
A home of mine in Texas was in a neighborhood with a HOA with a rigid covenant and aggressive enforcement. One can complain about this combination but we had neat, maintained homes, superb neighborhood pools that hosted swim teams and meets, miles of green belt trails and way above average police and fire protection via a contract with the local Constable and a very well equipped volunteer fire department/EMS. The street lights worked.
One resident in my neighborhood bucked the HOA for whatever reason and refused to pay the yearly $$$ assessment. A lien was filed on the residence and after a few years, the HOA obtained a court order that led to the residence being auctioned off on the courthouse steps to payoff the lien. Damn well read the HOA covenant before purchasing a home and kill the deal if you can’t abide by the terms and $$$.
I won one case for not cutting the grass under the “Right to Farm” law that protects farmers from nuisance ordinances. My client was a farmer and filed annual farm tax returns. He was also a developer.