The only people who have the assets, free time, money, care for land value, and connections to bother with running HOAs are going to be horrible people to start with. And isn't basically the only purpose of an HOA to drive up property value? I assume they'd be a lot better if they weren't inherently money-making, exclusive and hierarchical.

[–] ScrewdriverFactoryFactoryProvider@hexbear.net 10 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Dreaming of a neighborhood committee which includes renters and excludes landlords who don’t have primary residence there despite owning property there.

[–] cosecantphi@hexbear.net 9 points 2 years ago

I had a similar thought, but instead of the committee excluding the participation of landlords who don't actually live in the neighborhood, it simply excludes their heads from their bodies regardless of where they live

[–] djphdk@hexbear.net 6 points 2 years ago

Not their only purpose, HOA's also exist to enforce racial segregation and keep minorities out of white flight neighborhoods.