here in the DFW area and in my hood, BETO signs have been in yards for months. HOA says they can only be a month before and a week after, but they all ignored it and have them out anyway. some even have lights on them at night. it’s insane and I complained to the HOA. well, they did NOTHING about it and still haven’t. I guess we all know why. If he wins I’m leaving Texas i’ll tell you that.
Its the free food at the annual bbq.
Ditto. I can understand Europeans doing it. Individual freedom is not as big a deal there.
I am in a HOA community.....of condominiums. The HOA takes care of all exterior work - lawns, plantings, painting, etc. This works for me since I am a senior citizen with limited mobility. So far, zero problems.
I live in an HOA community. They forbid any lawn signs of any type. And I’m glad they do.
HOAs are a Constitutional abomination. They are illegal in so many ways I fail to see how they continue to exist. Im not aware of any cases going to SCOTUS but they need to.
This article is bullshit. I was part of community associations institute. It is a not for profit organization that provides credentials for community association managers and is not affiliated with any management company. There are no kickbacks from the chapters to management companies; they also pay to be members. Also, HOAs ARE governed under the nonprofit Act and ACC members are usually appointed, not elected. Holy cow, what a conglomeration of half truths and crap.
Middle aged men serving out their careers as the small fish in the corporate pond, controlled by the boss at work and the wife at home. They feel a need to control something. Ergo... the neighborhood HOA
Would never live in a HMO.
Would never live in a HMO.
Or, A HOA for that matter.
We call them house Nazis around here. In most cases you can’t avoid them. I would guess that every new subdivision developed in the Indianapolis area in the last 30 years has had one. They tell you what trees you can plant, what mailbox you can have, what color you can paint your house, etc. They are usually run by little tyrants that love to abuse their power. Often times they are lawyers or someone who works in a law office, which gives them insight into state and local laws that the average homeowner doesn’t have. It’s why every house in the neighborhood is cookie cutter down to the flowers in the window boxes. They all reflect the taste of one or two people. Cities like them because often times the HOA provides city service to the ‘hood’ at no cost to the city i.e. Snow removal and nominal security. We have had similar issues around here where HOAs have tried to take people’s homes without compensation because of HOA violations. It’s all in the VERY fine print of the papers you sign when you buy a house in certain developments.
Back in the first miserable four years after Hussein seized power, we put up a Don’t Tread On Me flag (we aren’t in an HOA). A few days later, we got a notice from zone enforcement warning us to fix our driveway—the asphalt was broken up and in need of repair.
The zone enforcement officer was a middle aged black woman.
Here is the deal: our driveway NEEDED repair. Yet so did a few others on the street. No one else got a warning.
Just a coincidence.
Helps maintain property values.
We move into an “HOA” 10 years ago. One of the flyers they sent out for “dues” said they were voluntary. Which made me curious. I asked for CC&Rs/bylaws a couple of times and never received.
Finally figured out that it’s not an HOA under the law (required by my state to be on file at State and County), but just a bunch of local homeowners taking voluntary dues “for maintenance and beautification projects”. They do ask for volunteers to take on the roles - but no elections either.
At this point I’m convinced they are just people trying to keep the place pretty...they have replaced signs and such...but also done things the city is supposed to already be doing. I haven’t paid dues in years and have gotten no feedback on any questions I’ve asked.
In my community, a condo association owns the lawn areas in front of the units and does not allow any political signs in those areas at all. This is nondiscriminatory and avoids messy sign wars between owners.
HOA’s are very useful. They stop people from not mowing the yard for months, parking boats in driveway, cars on blocks in the front yard, giant campers on the street, putting up junky shed’s and cheap chain link fence. We have an HOA and it does wonders to keep your property value up. If you don’t like HOA’s don’t move into a place that has them, as for me, they work. Sure, they can be run by jerks, but ultimately they will get ousted.
In our line of work, we go into a lot of residential communities. The HOA communities are almost always better maintained and have higher property values.
Have to take the good with the bad.
The busy bodies always seem to seek out the board positions, but it’s not that hard to make their lives miserable and get them to resign if they get out of control.
That picture does not look like Peoria Arizona.
I was appointed to fill a seat on our HOA in California. I found that most Board members had their own agenda and, after getting the things they wanted personally, they would drop off the Board. Not kidding. After my seat’s term expired, I left the Board but allowed myself to be appointed to the Architectural arm of the Board. My philosophy was ‘if it enhances the house, it is all good for the neighborhood’. Really glad we left California and no longer live in an HOA controlled neighborhood!
We cannot continue to allow HOA’s or private companies to run end-arounds on the Constitution.