florida Fla Rep Wants To Ban HOAs

[gatomontes99]

12 hours ago, Down East said:

HOA's can be a real PITA in some areas for sure, but they can be put in their place if you're right and are bulldog enough to stay on em. Had a situation where I thought the architectural committee of our HOA was out of line because they gave me a warning about my new roof color not matching the original. (from a ugly brown to a light charcoal color) The new color actually has a 10X better curb appeal and the new HOA president agreed finally after 3 months.

 

On the flip side, they work well overall in my zip code because we have a lot of property owners in the area who rent out to section 8 families who can ruin a neighborhood almost overnight. Not all, but a lot of section 8 families could care less about getting to live in a nice house, or showing a little respect to their neighbors or the properties around them.  

1. They destroy the homes inside and out.

2. Park their junk unregistered & uninspected cars out front, or literally abandon junk cars right in front of other people houses.  

3. Unsupervised kids running around streets at 1-2 in the morning looking for trouble and tearing up other people's property.

4. Music blaring from porches, back yards, or their cars that can be heard a 1/8 mile up the street at all hours.

5. Front and back yards trashed out. Wrappers and 7-Eleven bags strewn about. Grass not cut for months.

6. Their kids intimidating and beating on other kids.

7. Cops constantly being called to the property for domestic violence and other public disturbances.

8. Intimidating their neighbors when they are politely asked to quiet down at 1 in the morning.

My HOA now takes an aggressive stance against these owners/renters by taking a lot of pictures, handing the occupants written warnings, mailing written warnings to the owners, and documenting police calls to the property.   It can take over a year sometimes to remedy. 

 

Sounds like they are doing the job your city isn't doing.