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HOA moves to foreclose on 84 homes
San Antonio Express-News ^
| 03/14/2009
| By Aïssatou Sidimé -
Posted on 03/16/2009 8:24:56 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd
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Who in their right mind would buy a home with mandatory HOA fees in the first place?
And the argument that foreclosing on these homes will drive the values down? Specious.
Ain't no 84 homes gonna be lost for a few hundered bucks in unpaid dues, anyhow. The deadbeat homeowners will cough up the money somehow.
Plus attorneys fees.
To: Responsibility2nd
HOAs are antithetical to freedom and the US Constitution.
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posted on
03/16/2009 8:26:02 AM PDT
by
Paladin2
(No, pundits strongly believe that the proper solution is more dilution.)
To: Responsibility2nd
The even funnier part is the remaining owners will have their dues raised to cover the nonpayment from the other people.
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posted on
03/16/2009 8:26:17 AM PDT
by
pnh102
(Save America - Ban Ethanol Now!)
To: Responsibility2nd
Outlaw all HOAs...they do more harm than good. They are nothing but a scam!
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posted on
03/16/2009 8:26:18 AM PDT
by
LiteKeeper
(Beware of socialism in America; the Islamization of Eurabia)
To: Responsibility2nd
I will never, ever buy a house that’s controlled by a HOA..
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posted on
03/16/2009 8:27:52 AM PDT
by
GeorgiaDawg32
(A democrat will break your leg, then hand you a crutch and take credit for your being able to walk.)
To: Paladin2
HOAs are antithetical to freedom and the US Constitution. How? The guarantees of freedom in the Constitution generally only apply to government infringing on your rights. If someone chooses to have their rights infringed upon by a private entity, that is their own choice.
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posted on
03/16/2009 8:27:56 AM PDT
by
pnh102
(Save America - Ban Ethanol Now!)
To: Paladin2
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posted on
03/16/2009 8:27:56 AM PDT
by
boomop1
To: LiteKeeper
Let the 'rats have HOAs.
Leave the rest of us alone!
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posted on
03/16/2009 8:28:08 AM PDT
by
Paladin2
(No, pundits strongly believe that the proper solution is more dilution.)
To: Paladin2
I strongly suspect these 84 homeowners are at the Stop-N-Go right now buying lottery tickets.
Hoping for the right Scratch-off ticket so they can win enough money to pay their HOA dues.
To: Paladin2
You are arguing that private contracts privately agreed to are antithetical to freedom and the US Constitution.
Buy a home elsewhere.
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posted on
03/16/2009 8:30:08 AM PDT
by
muawiyah
To: pnh102
"How?"
It goes against the proclivities of the 1/3 of Colonists who wanted to establish a gov't of the people, by the people and for the people.
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posted on
03/16/2009 8:30:37 AM PDT
by
Paladin2
(No, pundits strongly believe that the proper solution is more dilution.)
To: Paladin2
People have the freedom not to buy into a development where they contractually obligate themselves to an HOA. There are plenty of neighborhoods without them. Freedom to contract is most definitely constitutional.
To: muawiyah
"Buy a home elsewhere. "
It's not a home, it's a commune, comrade.
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posted on
03/16/2009 8:31:45 AM PDT
by
Paladin2
(No, pundits strongly believe that the proper solution is more dilution.)
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To: Paladin2
HOAs are antithetical to freedom and the US Constitution.
Not at all. They are about private property rights, and the right of a property owner to put restrictions on HIS OWN property, in order to increase its value in the eyes of a segment of potential purchasers.
Most HOA problems are due to people who do not follow rules they promised to follow.
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posted on
03/16/2009 8:33:57 AM PDT
by
Atlas Sneezed
(Obamanomics="Trickle-up Poverty")
To: Responsibility2nd
Who in their right mind would buy a home with mandatory HOA fees in the first place? In Houston, where there are no zoning laws, HOAs and deed restrictions are the way to keep neighborhoods residential. The lack of zoning requires the governance of neighborhoods to become even more local than cities or townships.
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posted on
03/16/2009 8:34:41 AM PDT
by
ShadowAce
(Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
To: Paladin2
It goes against the proclivities of the 1/3 of Colonists who wanted to establish a gov't of the people, by the people and for the people. And under such government people have a right to choose where they wish to live. If they chose to live in a place with an HOA that is their choice and they must uphold their end of the choice to which they voluntarily agreed.
HOAs are problems that are best solved via the prevention angle. While I personally do not like HOAs, there are many people who do for their own reasons. As long as a choice exists between HOA and non-HOA homes, everyone can be happy.
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posted on
03/16/2009 8:34:56 AM PDT
by
pnh102
(Save America - Ban Ethanol Now!)
To: Beelzebubba
"who do not follow rules they promised to follow."
Rules are always subject to change. Tyranny of the majority.
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posted on
03/16/2009 8:34:57 AM PDT
by
Paladin2
(No, pundits strongly believe that the proper solution is more dilution.)
To: Responsibility2nd
The deadbeat homeowners will cough up the money somehow. Deadbeat? I don't pay mine, and Im not a deadbeat. Our HOA is miserable. They don't get a dime from me. My property taxes are high enough..
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posted on
03/16/2009 8:35:17 AM PDT
by
cardinal4
(Dont Tread on Me)
To: Paladin2
People shouldn’t be free to join communes?
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posted on
03/16/2009 8:35:18 AM PDT
by
thesharkboy
(<-- Looking for the silver lining in every cloud, since 1998)
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