> HOAs are great and necessary for maintaining common property There is a fundamental, qualitative difference between rules and obligations for maintaining com

> HOAs are great and necessary for maintaining common property There is a fundamental, qualitative difference between rules and obligations for maintaining common areas, versus private ones. That for some reason both fall under the "HOA" term only confuses the discussion - it's not "a communal organization calling itself a HOA" that's the issue, but its intrusion on private property.