"Sanity" wrote in
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"HeyBub" wrote in message
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Zootal wrote:
Explain something to me. Someone buys a home in an HOA. Prior to
buying they are given the docs and sign a statement to abide by
them. Then all of a sudden they scream, kick and cry when one of
the regs from the docs are enforced. Please explain why that
person bought in an HOA in the first place if he didn't want to
follow their rules. Don't get me wrong, I don't like HOA's but I
sure wouldn't buy in one if I disagreed with the docs and had no
intention of following them.

Just out of curiosity - do you have the right to refuse to sign the
agreement if you buy the house? IOW, can you buy a house in one of
these HOA neighborhoods, but refuse to sign or comply?

Purchase of a home is a contract. Accepting the HOA's rules is part
of the contract. It's all or nothing.

Generally.

A covenant or rules cannot, for example, be enforced against public
policy such as "... buyer agrees to never sell the property to anyone
not of the Caucasian race..."

What's a little weird is agreeing to not only the HOA rules, but
agreeing to abide by any changes in the rules the HOA makes in the
future.

That's because future rules are voted on by the membership and
approved by a majority vote.




Ah,50% plus one rules the HOA.

or is a supermajority required?

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Jim Yanik
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