Tim Smith wrote:
In article ,
Hell Toupee wrote:
The HOA has checked with a lawyer and since the HOA pays the water
bill for everyone, it is apparently legal for the HOA to turn off the
water to someone who owes money.

And this is wrong because...?
(Personally, I think enabling deadbeats is wrong. But that's just me.)

Because they aren't turning off the water to the people who the money.
They will be turning off the water to people who rent from the people
who owe the money.
....

Of course, the HOA doesn't know whether the landlord has passed on the
obligation to pay the association fees to the renter, either, so
there's the other possibility that the renter _is_ the scofflaw...

But, I agree w/ your assessment overall -- particularly the "can't
notify" strawman is totally off the wall imo. The HOA can't demand
payment from somebody it has no legal relationship with, obviously,
but the "heads up" can't be based on anything other than a misreading
or overly conservative interpretation of a rule/statute imo...