Posted on 02/03/2020 2:25:59 AM PST by Mount Athos
I agree with you.
I live in a community with a HOA. My influence to change things (or just maintain things) here in our community is much greater than my ability to change things in the city, state or nation.
We too have an independant Facebook site. Much of it is innuendo, speculation and sometimes lies, but everybody knows that. And we take it with a grain of salt.
I am OK with our HOA. Not everything is to my liking but I do have the opportunity to be involved and make it to my liking.
I disagree - you have a right to post your opinion or anything else that does not physically endanger someone, even if it is a lie.
The person you lie about also has the right to sue for slander. The right to freedom of speech is almost absolute, but there are consequences.
“...“fun place” is a tongue-in-cheek description.”
Correct. :)
The people who are attracted to being on the HOA board are the very sort you absolutely do not want in any position of authority over you or your property.
Glad I read through the thread. This is exactly what I was going to say. Last time I was looking to move, I told my realtor that if there was an HOA, don't even bother.
zeugma wrote:
“”The people who are attracted to being on the HOA board are the very sort you absolutely do not want in any position of authority over you or your property.”
Glad I read through the thread. This is exactly what I was going to say. Last time I was looking to move, I told my realtor that if there was an HOA, don’t even bother.”
Same here; I told the realtor NO HOA.
We are fortunate to live in a neighborhood where the HOA has a “light touch.” The annual dues are low, and go primarily to the upkeep of the gatehouse and entrance to the neighborhood, an annual picnic, a monthly newsletter, and liason with our district’s county commissioner. If anything, I wish it had been a bit more pro-active over the years in monitoring and enforcing the few covenants that go beyond the county code. And, yes, we did check the covenants and the HOA before buying in the neighborhood. I urge everyone to do so.
Mine is somewhat different.Our Board Chairman,I came to learn *after* I bought,has spent lots and lots of time in courtrooms...state and Federal.Sometimes he wins,sometimes he loses.The Boston Globe has written a feature article about his family (three generations) that has revealed breathtaking financial amorality.What his family has single handedly done is to allow this complex,located in one of Boston's most desirable residential suburbs (and within a 2 minute walk of a commuter rail station to Boston),to deteriorate nearly to the level of public housing.
This is my first condo. For 30+ years I owned single family houses.I've learned a very expensive lesson...when talking condominiums there's a lot more to consider than just location,location,location.
I would never live in an HOA dictatorship and anyone who chooses that life deserves what they asked for.
So would that be a board full of communists, or the poor saps that are the tenants?
"Congress shall make no law..."
A HOA is not Congress. It is a private association.
I’m referring to the “right” to sue for slander.
When 90% of all homes in your town, including all new homes, have one, and especially if you’ve never lived in one and can’t believe the CC&Rs.
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