HOA the Anti Homeowner Association

Who thought these organizations were a good idea? How did this country manage to under-regulate the financial market so hugely while at the same time giving HOA's so much power over homeowners ... to the point where homeowners are frequently afraid of "their" association?

When you buy a home in a new community today, you are handed a 500-800 page document in convoluted legalese that is incomprehensible to the lay person. These disclosures, covenants and by-laws are intended to protect the value of everyone's property by making sure that no one puts too many lawn ornaments up or use an old toilet as a planter. What these documents do is empower little Napoleon types to run amok with authority and pit neighbors against each other. Plus these are homes first and investments second, thank you very much. At least, mine is.

These associations and their documents do nothing but alienate neighbors from one another and put money in the pockets of lawyers and property management companies -- which are also the only ones who understand the stinking documents.

And none of these documents are written to consider the local culture. They are standard boilerplate documents that look the same in Arizona as they do in a coastal town.

If you Google "HOA" you will be amazed (or maybe not) at how many people HATE, not just dislike, they HATE HOA's. The comments show how divisive these organizations are. Read about the "Right To Dry" movement which came to exist because of and to fight HOA's.

I will be writing my legislators (at all levels of government) asking them to undo the wrong that has been done in creating these laws and organizations. HOA's deprive home owners of their basic rights as property owners. They are absolutely UNAMERICAN! No more HOA's!