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?
They’re already opt-in: you opt-in when you choose to buy a home with an HOA
Also you can’t “ban HOAs.” It’s a contract you agree to when buying a house
Just like getting insurance is opt in. Sure you can technically opt out, but in reality that's not how it works.
no, it's a contract you HAVE to concede to in a market starved for any available housing. there's no agreement, it's conceding to a system that stands in the way of you owning a home and getting off the ever-increasing rent train.