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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m in MD but you really need to look at the HOA rules.  My old HOA had a rule that something like 90% of front lawn had to be covered by grass.  And the rules were basically impossible to amend (you needed majority v vote of all homeowners and only a very small percentage ever went to meetings).  Most HOAs won’t enforce all the rules because many rules are dumb.  But all it takes is one zealous neighbor to take over the HOA and then make your life miserable with fees and such.  On the upside most HOAs don’t have enough money to pay lawyers to enforce their rules but I had a family member who was really harassed—the HOA board was aggressive about fees for violations and then used that money to pay lawyers to sue people for violations and get more money, etc etc. Some people really don’t have anything better to do and no one wants to oppose them and get into their crosshairs.  The people that attend the HOA meetings and run for the board are often the worst busybodies in the neighborhood.  I was so glad to find a house that didn’t have an HOA when I moved.

[b]I would actually love to see state or county legislation that bans HOA rules that are bad for the environment (like lawn mandates).  I come from a city out west where county law limits environmentally detrimental planting.[/b]  That’s probably not going to happen here but I wish the law would at least get rid of these silly outdated HOA mandates that are impossible to amend contractually.[/quote]

+1 to this[/quote]

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