Correct me if I am wrong but aren't most of these covered in the Doctrines and Covenants that people sign when they purchase condos or homes in gated communities?
I could see if they change something with out telling you after you sign but if you have given your consent to abide by the rules the only recourse would be to sell and move.
“...I could see if they change something with out telling you after you sign but if you have given your consent to abide by the rules the only recourse would be to sell and move.”
And if an HOA ever tries to raise its ugly head over the current neighborhood, we will not sign on the dotted line. There are enough layers of government intrusion into American life without adding that of our neighbors.
If it is working in other neighborhoods, great.
I think typically there will be a process within the Bylaws which allows modification of the Bylaws. In the case I'm familiar with, any change in the Bylaws requires a supermajority vote of three-fourths of the unit owners.
These three-fourths, in effect, are powerful enough to exercise ANY control over the common property that a single individual could exercise over property the he alone owns. This possibility, that the remaining one-quarter of unit owners might have imposed upon them some very inconvenient controls, are exactly why I would never live in such a place.
But I did buy such a place for a relative. Due to the nature of common ownership, he is able to live in a very nice "apartment" but, in effect, he owns part of the common areas and he is able to live in a better place than if he was just a renter.