[SoothingDave]

I understand that property rights have been twisted into what you describe, where a neighborhood can strip the property rights from a new buyer forcefully. But that's not property rights by any sane definition. That's property rights like communism is freedom.

You can always buy a controlling share of the property and have the HOA dissolved or totally impotent under your control. That's property rights.

So, tell me again why you can't make the HOA voluntary?

It is voluntary.

SD

[mysterio]

It is voluntary.

No, "voluntary" is "Hey, now that you've bought the property, want to join our HOA?"

Mandatory is "I won't sell you this property unless you sign all of your property rights over to your neighbors."

So, again, why not just make the HOA voluntary?