[precisionshootist]

"You don’t believe in private property rights, and the right of an owner to put restrictions on his OWN property in order to make it attractive to (some) buyers?"

Umm, you can have whatever restrictions you want on property that you own but after you sell it guess what?, you don't own it anymore do ya. The problem with HOAs is they DON'T OWN THE PROPERTY.

Mandatory HOAs are a direct violation of private property rights. There is simply no conceivable way mandatory HOAs could be determined to be constitutional. In fact if you believe in mandatory HOAs then it is you that does not subscribe to private property rights.

[Atlas Sneezed]

There is simply no conceivable way mandatory HOAs could be determined to be constitutional. In fact if you believe in mandatory HOAs then it is you that does not subscribe to private property rights.

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You are quite wrong. A private property owner can put restrictions on his own property to increase its value (no houses with bright green roofs, no pig farms, on property that will be family homes). Restricting ones own property with restrictions that apply to those you sell to are perfectly constitutional, unless they are illegal race or religion restrictions.