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Please elaborate on how they keep "undesirable" people out - a statement like this has no meaning without any evidence. The HOA is not involved in the purchase

Please elaborate on how they keep "undesirable" people out - a statement like this has no meaning without any evidence. The HOA is not involved in the purchase of a house in any way.

jtbayly 5y ago
My HOA has rules designed to prevent blue collar people from living in the neighborhood. No work icons on any vehicle parked outside a garage.
- shakezula 5y ago
  Yup! In a similar vein: My old HOA didn't allow you to have vehicles parked on your own driveway after 6pm until 6am.
  - jtbayly 5y ago
    So, no families allowed. Only singles and couples.
josephcsible 5y ago
They can't keep you from moving in, but once you do, they can nickel and dime you with fines and make your life miserable until you move out.
- shakezula 5y ago
  And they absolutely will. After I moved out of my last HOA, I found out the towing company had a flat rate kickback to the HOA organization for every tow they made. Genuinely baffles me how it's even legal.
shakezula 5y ago
Most HOAs have enough legalese baked into them that they can even hold eviction over tenants heads. It's absolutely a class weapon that gets used as a bludgeon. And if they can't technically evict you, they sure can make your life hell until you leave. Selective enforcement is the name of the game with these types.
- midasuni 5y ago
  American Dad covered this - Roger decided to get back at Stan so corrupted the HOA and did all sorts of things like arranging trash pickup, installing a hydrant on his lawn, etc. If the HOA don’t like you, it seems there little recourse.
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Master_Odin 5y ago
The HOA can not restrict purchase sure, but can specifically target PoC for "violations" while ignoring the white households who are committing violations. This has the effect of working to force these folks out and maintaining the racial status quo of the HOA. In the 70s (I think) and before, HOA were definitely active gatekeepers though against PoC, and then after that with new laws passed, moved to these more "subtle" methods.

Please elaborate on how they keep "undesirable" people out - a statement like this has no meaning without any evidence. The HOA is not involved in the purchase of a house in any way.

jtbayly 5y ago

My HOA has rules designed to prevent blue collar people from living in the neighborhood. No work icons on any vehicle parked outside a garage.

shakezula 5y ago
Yup! In a similar vein: My old HOA didn't allow you to have vehicles parked on your own driveway after 6pm until 6am.
- jtbayly 5y ago
  So, no families allowed. Only singles and couples.

josephcsible 5y ago

They can't keep you from moving in, but once you do, they can nickel and dime you with fines and make your life miserable until you move out.

shakezula 5y ago
And they absolutely will. After I moved out of my last HOA, I found out the towing company had a flat rate kickback to the HOA organization for every tow they made. Genuinely baffles me how it's even legal.

shakezula 5y ago

Most HOAs have enough legalese baked into them that they can even hold eviction over tenants heads. It's absolutely a class weapon that gets used as a bludgeon. And if they can't technically evict you, they sure can make your life hell until you leave. Selective enforcement is the name of the game with these types.

midasuni 5y ago
American Dad covered this - Roger decided to get back at Stan so corrupted the HOA and did all sorts of things like arranging trash pickup, installing a hydrant on his lawn, etc. If the HOA don’t like you, it seems there little recourse.
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Master_Odin 5y ago

The HOA can not restrict purchase sure, but can specifically target PoC for "violations" while ignoring the white households who are committing violations. This has the effect of working to force these folks out and maintaining the racial status quo of the HOA. In the 70s (I think) and before, HOA were definitely active gatekeepers though against PoC, and then after that with new laws passed, moved to these more "subtle" methods.