[Ditter]

Not necessarily. Many neighborhoods full of houses built by and for individuals have HOA. It is protection for your investment and I don't want a home without that protection. Some HOA can become over zealous and unreasonable but the leadership can be voted out if that happens. Our neighborhood was platted and the first homes built in 1954, I have been here since 1981 and I have never heard of a problem or disagreement.We are about to the point that older homes are going to be torn down and new ones built, remodeling has been going on for years. No problems.

[LexBaird]

My response was to a specific question as to why I thought there were so many HOAs in SoCal within the last 20 years. There are very few custom built neighborhoods in that timeframe. Most developments are builder's tracts, and the HOAs are there from the start and controlled by the tract builder until the entire master development is built out and sold.