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My old neighborhood had Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions (rules governing HOAs), but almost none of my neighbors even knew it. Even though they were all building their houses in the subdivision, almost no one got a copy of the rules, and no one cared enough to enforce them. The city had enough rules about keeping your yard cleaned up, no farm animals, noise ordinances, etc.
HOAs were originally set up for condos or for condo subdivisions (a lot of homes on golf courses, for example, are actually condos, you own the building, but not the land, and you pay maintenance fees for upkeep on roads and gardening). The fees are supposed to be used for maintenance ie, road repairs, roof repairs if you are in a apartment-style condo, that kind of thing. A lot of subdivisions use them now so like-minded (or small minded as the case may be) people can make sure everyone toes the line. I'm not aware of any subdivisions in my town that have HOAs, but we're very rural, and if anyone had the gall to tell someone else they couldn't have chickens, or goats, or horses, or cows, etc, there would be a major revolt. lol
HOAs were originally set up for condos or for condo subdivisions (a lot of homes on golf courses, for example, are actually condos, you own the building, but not the land, and you pay maintenance fees for upkeep on roads and gardening). The fees are supposed to be used for maintenance ie, road repairs, roof repairs if you are in a apartment-style condo, that kind of thing. A lot of subdivisions use them now so like-minded (or small minded as the case may be) people can make sure everyone toes the line. I'm not aware of any subdivisions in my town that have HOAs, but we're very rural, and if anyone had the gall to tell someone else they couldn't have chickens, or goats, or horses, or cows, etc, there would be a major revolt. lol
