HOA Criticisms
The cluster focuses on debates about Homeowners Associations (HOAs), predominantly criticizing them for restricting property owners' freedoms, imposing rules and fees, and sharing negative personal experiences, with some explanations and mild defenses.
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HOA is the problem, taking away our unmentionable freedoms
Their HOA would be _really_ mad.
What would you need an HOA for?
I wonder what the HOA thinks about that :P
This is a great case (for and against) owning a home.I'd like to add this is also why HOAs are worth avoiding. Imagine owning your own home but losing the freedom to do whatever you want with it and now having to put up with HOA bullshit instead of landlord bullshit.They can also take your home if you get behind on your HOA dues. And fine you for rules they can create on a whim (and take your home if you fail to pay fines).The disturbing thing is that the number of HOAs and the % o
If there’s an HOA, they probably agreed not to.
Nobody needs an HOA. Until they need an HOA.
Its a private association formed when a residential subdivision is developed. It sets up rules that the owners must follow in maintaining their homes. No junk in your front lawn. You might need to get prior approval for changing the outside of the house. Often times there is a monthly fee that goes towards landscaping or common amenities like pools. You agree to these terms when you acquire the home and subsequent buyers must do so also. After most of the homes are sold, the homeowners elect a b
The concept of HOA is pure evil, not every single instance of it. Even if yours is fine right now, this can change next year when other people move in and take the whole thing over in order to make your life miserable.
they said it's because there's no HOA. HOAs really are incredibly awful. And, it's getting harder and harder to find houses that are not in an HOA.