HOAs are inherently a problem. They exist purely for the benefit of busybodies and people with an unhealthy obsession with perceived property value. If your home doesn’t share the same physical structure as my home (ie condos, semi-detached houses, etc), you get no say in what I do with my property. There’s already municipal bylaws for the all the important things.
Often times, US HOAs are doing the things that the government does in normal countries. Maintaining the streets and public trees (if they exist), clearing and maintaining “public” facilities like parks or sports areas, etc etc.
What do HOAs do, other than tell people what to do with their properties? If the neighbourhood wants to get together and pay for a new park, they don’t need legally binding bullshit attached to their property title to do that.
What do HOAs do, other than tell people what to do with their properties?
My HOA handles, among other things, all exterior maintenance. They take care of landscaping, snow clearing in the winter, gutter clearing in the fall, they power wash the siding and decks every few years.
Well, technically they contract people to do those things, but still, I love it. It’s totally worth the monthly dues and not being able to paint the house whatever color I want (which I don’t feel like ever doing anyway).
Some of it includes the maintenance of common areas, like public landscaping.
There is also a lot more control of public amenities. City based amenities have to be made available to everyone; HOA based amenities only have to be open to those within the HOA.
HOAs are inherently a problem. They exist purely for the benefit of busybodies and people with an unhealthy obsession with perceived property value. If your home doesn’t share the same physical structure as my home (ie condos, semi-detached houses, etc), you get no say in what I do with my property. There’s already municipal bylaws for the all the important things.
Often times, US HOAs are doing the things that the government does in normal countries. Maintaining the streets and public trees (if they exist), clearing and maintaining “public” facilities like parks or sports areas, etc etc.
well that’s what they do now the reason they exist was to keep black, Jewish and Asian people out of the neighborhood
They don’t have to though. The problem is, nobody but the busybodies and obsessives normally get involved. If you got involved that could change.
Busybodies, retirees who don’t have shit else to do in their free time, and those who have to have their noses in everyone else’s business.
What do HOAs do, other than tell people what to do with their properties? If the neighbourhood wants to get together and pay for a new park, they don’t need legally binding bullshit attached to their property title to do that.
My HOA handles, among other things, all exterior maintenance. They take care of landscaping, snow clearing in the winter, gutter clearing in the fall, they power wash the siding and decks every few years.
Well, technically they contract people to do those things, but still, I love it. It’s totally worth the monthly dues and not being able to paint the house whatever color I want (which I don’t feel like ever doing anyway).
Some of it includes the maintenance of common areas, like public landscaping.
There is also a lot more control of public amenities. City based amenities have to be made available to everyone; HOA based amenities only have to be open to those within the HOA.
Who owns the land for the park? Who’s responsible for maintaining it? Who insures the park?
That’s what HOAs should be for.
What you want is a Community Association. They can legally manage the shared property, while having little to no power over your property.
That honestly sounds like a distinction without a difference.