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> they are doing it to exclude those that don't fit into their style of life. it's discrimination, plain and simple. Freedom of association is the freedom to a
by AmericanChopper 2y ago
> they are doing it to exclude those that don't fit into their style of life. it's discrimination, plain and simple.
Freedom of association is the freedom to associate with whoever you choose and not to associate with anybody you choose not to. You can’t have feeedom of association without the freedom to discriminate against people you don’t want to associate with.
> the argument that i could have moved somewhere else if i didn't like this HOA is not really reasonable given the housing shortage in most places.
Less than a third of US households are a part of HOAs, with most of them being apartments (where that type of regulation is typical almost everywhere in the world). Your argument that HOAs are monopolising housing supply doesn’t stand up to the facts.
- AlexandrB 2y ago> You can’t have feeedom of association without the freedom to discriminate against people you don’t want to associate with. So I should be free to leave an HOA? No wait, I can't without selling my house as well. Restricting the right to free association as a condition for purchasing housing seems onerous.
- AmericanChopper 2y agoHow could you end up in an HOA without choosing the be in one? You couldn’t… Freedom of association isn’t a magic ability that means you can never regret entering a contract.
- em-bee 2y agohow? by not being able to find a house that is not governed by an HOA
- nradov 2y agoDon't be ridiculous. Every metropolitan area has some homes for sale which aren't part of an HOA. If you don't like the price or location or school district or something then that's your problem, not an issue with the concept of HOAs.
- lupusreal 2y agoBut you can, so what are you even complaining about?
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- mlrtime 2y agoAm I the only one that sees the quantity of these low value comments entering in HN? To the parent and top thread op, Please stay on reddit and off HN.
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- em-bee 2y ago80% of homes on sale today come with an HOA (according to john oliver)