I think the HOA is being cruel. From what I’ve heard on this story, the grandparents had hoped that their custody of their granddaughter would be a temporary situation until the mother of the child could clean up her act. Obviously, that hasn’t worked and they have now accepted the responsibility for their granddaughter. God bless them for doing the right thing.
So a year ago, after deciding that they were going to be permanently raising their granddaughter, they put their house on the market. It has not sold yet. In my opinion, the HOA should be helping the grandparents, not threatening them. It is obvious after seeing the grandmother in an interview that they WANT to move as soon as possible! They want their granddaughter to be other children, they want a back yard for her to play in, and they want to downsize.
Surely the people who live in the HOA can back off and do the right thing by allowing these people to continue to care for their grandchild while trying to sell their home. It’s such a simple thing.