Banned is maybe too far, but why should we as a country allow people to have petty power over meaningless things their neighbors do? Could we ban HOAs from being included in house sales, and every time it's sold the new owners have to opt in?
For the most part, I'm wondering about this in the context of single family homes since for homes like condos, you could make the case that HOAs are useful for shared things like roofs and whatnot. Maybe limit mandatory HOA involvement to things like what's truly necessary and shared and not how tall your grass is?
No they shouldn't be banned. You don't want to line in one? Fine don't live there. No one is forcing you to buy there. Let those who want to live there, well... Leave them alone if that's what they want. What does it matter to anyone else?
Please note I'm not trying to attack the op. My comments are meant for anyone trying to ban them.
For those that live in an hoa and have a bad board, go run for office and get the idiots voted out. Either that or move. Probably cheaper to run for office and then fix the problems.
They are forcing you to buy there because every fucking house built in the last 30 years is in one.
Not sure where your live but around here there are a few hoa areas but yeah there's a ton of houses built in the last 30 years not in an hoa. You can even go back 20 years if you want. Probably even go back 10.