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Because for about the last 25 years many cities have required HOA's to be created on new construction.
It's a way of additional taxes and shifting the responsibility of maintenance away from the cities. If you want a newer home, odds are it will have an HOA.
Because for about the last 25 years many cities have required HOA's to be created on new construction.
It's a way of additional taxes and shifting the responsibility of maintenance away from the cities. If you want a newer home, odds are it will have an HOA.
this is true... but surely the people living there can take control and disband???
it has it's advantages. your neighbors can't decide to raise farm animals, or paint pink polka dots on their home... or have 13 cars on cinder blocks in their front yard.
Where we live now we have city ordinances. The city won't enforce violations unless reported by a neighbor. Then you get a warning with a list of possible violations to look out for in the future along with a fine if you don't fix the problem within a certain period of time.
When that happens, there's always tension in the neighborhood, because every neighborhood has a busy body who freaks out when the grass grows an inch above where it should on someone else's property.
this is true... but surely the people living there can take control and disband???
Not if the bylaws prevent it.
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