As much as everyone hates HOAs (and rightfully so), you did agree to it when you bought the house. amirite?

Nobody forced you to buy there. While no one is literally forced to join an HOA, there are areas that you can't really avoid them if you want to live there.

by Anonymous 2 days ago

Also, most condos.

by Hot-Sandwich 2 days ago

OP is saying the same thing as you

by germaine01 2 days ago

Not really. There are some cities in the states that mandate everything is in an HOA because they pay for stuff like the road maintenance. So if you live in that city because you work that city your options are rent (where there is an HOA that could still call you out on things) or buy in an HOA. That's a stronger scenario than OP is describing.

by FederalAd5787 2 days ago

It's still a choice to live in that city

by germaine01 2 days ago

If your job or family is there, is it really unreasonable for someone to want to live there?

by FederalAd5787 2 days ago

Want and forced are not the same thing. If you want to live somewhere it's your choice

by germaine01 2 days ago

If every single home in your city or town is part of an HOA, is it actually a choice? Its like owning a car and choosing not to pay for gas. If you can't have one without the other, it's not a choice, it's a mandate.

by Anonymous 2 days ago

Still a choice to live in that city

by germaine01 2 days ago

Where're you gonna sleep in the meantime, lol.

by Anonymous 2 days ago

I'd take people walking on my lawn over some self righteous busybodies telling me what color i can paint my door. Maybe if enough people need to walk on lawns to get around they'd realize why taxes are important instead of just accepting that it's the homeowners responsibility now.

by Anonymous 2 days ago

LOL. People will never make that connection.

by lilianeeffertz 2 days ago

Municipalities shouldn't be allowed to defer their responsibilities to HOA's. Developers are able to cut costs by pushing some of the services over to the HOA which in turn makes the HOA very powerful. Municipalities need to permit building to cover all aspects of the property and not cut parts of it out so they can sell at a lower price. I think people aren't realizing that the costs are being recovered on the back end by HOA

by germaine01 2 days ago

They agreed to the rules in place when they bought the house, not the ones that get added later. Most crazy HOA stories seem to be either rules that were added after people moved in, or an increase of enforcement of rules that were not enforced beforehand. Luckily, I live in a city where HOA‘s are not that common at all.

by Gersonschroeder 2 days ago

I inherited the house, so no, I didn't choose. The house is crap shape inside, and I'm stuck with it until it can be brought up to code.

by Additional-Mood-9988 2 days ago

I would argue the market does force people to buy houses they would prefer not to because said market doesn't build enough homes.

by Anonymous 2 days ago

Nobody is being forced to do anything or be anywhere.

by germaine01 2 days ago

Yes we can all live on the land and be hobos. But in the real world people live in houses largely determined by factors out of their control.

by Anonymous 2 days ago

HOA's don't exist everywhere. Nobody is forcing anyone to live in one

by germaine01 2 days ago

HOAs shouldn't even be legal imo all it is is legal bullying and powertripping but you're not technically wrong.

by Anonymous 2 days ago

Looks like they might be made illegal im Florida. If that goes through other states may follow suit.

by Anonymous 2 days ago

This is exactly why contracts are absurd. You actually DON'T know what you are agreeing to, until you've gone through it. Agreeing to rules BEFORE you've experienced them is wrong.

by Melodic_Adagio 2 days ago

When you took your job you agreed to your responsibility set and to be managed by a certain set of individuals. You never complain about you job or managers?

by jacinto63 2 days ago

Oh I would just sign that part under duress. Or add my own section to it. Don't be a tool, people. Stand up for yourselves. Be your own Karen of your own life, and the HOA Karen's will be so thinned out by their own intervention in the lives of others that you'll rise as head Karen and take over the HOA yourself. Also, don't forget to report every single violation the HOA president is committing just to drive the point home.

by Anonymous 2 days ago

I love being able to leave my trash cans by the curb 4 days after trash pickup, or letting my lawn look like a jungle

by jaskolskiwilson 2 days ago

Hot take, but I think you only hear about the dysfuncyional HOAs, not the functioning ones.

by Anonymous 2 days ago

I wish I was part of an HOA. I could show you pictures of my slob neighborhood and you would see why. A well managed HOA protects your home value.

by Anonymous 2 days ago