Florida bill aimed at giving some rights back to homeowners with HOAs on Gov. DeSantis' desk

Living in a neighborhood with a homeowner’s association comes with some perks but also some rules, and a new bill aims to give back some of the rights homeowners give up in those communities.
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[@lynneuribeross2695]

It is time to outlaw HOA's!!!!!!

[@Omar_Zazzle]

That will never happen. I am not happy with them either but who would take care of the common areas?

[@zackriden79]

@@Omar_Zazzle dude you are dumb how many houses dont have HOAs and common areas aren't a problem the HOA is you paying someone to police your house and tell you what you can and cant do with your house and the prices of houses are outrages now I

[@sdlock83]

Not outlawed, but limit to HOA's power and to prevent power abuse.

[@jbranche8024]

No, But an HOA and it's creation should be very limited until the majority of homes are sold. Then voting will take place on key issues. Current HOA is Designed and Created by the Developer and Lawyers Not people living daily in the Community.

[@lynneuribeross2695]

@@Omar_Zazzle go back to old school and don't have common areas.

[@zackriden79]

DO NOT BUY IN A HOA HUGE MISTAKE YOU'RE PAYING FOR PEOPLE TO POLICE YOU

[@Kibatsume1]

right? they can just move somewhere like Cape Coral Florida for that. What was once the retirement community is now ran like mini HOA concerned about property values Crazy Town even tried to ban trucks at one point.

[@xro1983]

Hoa keeps out crime

[@Kibatsume1]

@@xro1983 LMAO I work smack dab in the middle of hoa's there is a lot of crime. Took over a year for people to come to the conclusion it was residence in the gated communities committing them. 🤣

[@zackriden79]

@@xro1983 what ? lol no they don t

[@pepsilove6306]

@@xro1983 lol what? HOA neighborhoods are where all the local dudes I live around go to break into cars and houses. no ones tossing cars in the ghetto we all broke and got nothing good in our cars., they all go to the HOA neighborhood to yoink the goods richies love to leave in their back seats of their pavement princesses.

[@straightup7up]

Absolutely insane HOA's can foreclose on your home for $500 fine.

[@duckzncatz]

Even if the home is completely paid off!!!!!

[@7531monkey]

Link? None.

[@Texarmageddon]

@@7531monkeythis common and widely known, now $500 might be a stretch, BUT they will foreclose on your home after a couple thousand in fines.

[@anitalovett3397]

You don't need a link, this is totally true and has happened in our community. Plenty of first hand accounts of this happening. You can't ask for a link and then say none in the same breath. Especially on something that's actually true. The name monkey is right.

[@gamingchef7678]

The bill passed and now HOA's can't foreclose on a home unless its more than $1000. Also the maximum amount of violation can't more more than $100 per violation and can't exceed more than $1000. Which really eliminates liens and foreclosures.

[@DoubleplusUngoodthinkful]

HOAs need to be VOLUNTARY. Freedom of association needs to be upheld. I should not be required to bend the knee to an unaccountable hyper-local extra-Constitutional government just for the privilege of owning a home.

[@orion3706]

If you're living in a land-leased park, the HOA is required to represent you in regards to issues with the park owner. Why should you get the benefits without having to pay for them like everyone else?

[@DoubleplusUngoodthinkful]

@orion3706 if you're in a land lease, you aren't an owner and I'm not talking about you.

[@orion3706]

@DoubleplusUngoodthinkful you own the home but not the land. But I was referring to the park owner, which can be a huge corporation who raises lot rents, forcing people to sell their homes and move, if they can find a buyer. The hoa represents the homeowners in relationship with the park owner.

[@susangoodwin8067]

You choose to buy into an HOA neighborhood. Since you made that choice you are obligated to follow the rules of that are set forth. You should read the neighborhood Rules and Regulations before buying , if you don’t like it ,don’t buy the house!

[@atmosvalor]

@@susangoodwin8067In my neighborhood, there are over 10 houses I know of that didn’t know they had hoa until they got their annual bill.

[@jazziez6467]

Never buy in an hoa

[@ZEEZob]

I’d buy a tiny home before I even buy an HOA home

[@poodleMammoth]

I read that wrong I thought you meant something else I thought you meant

[@jofujino]

​@ZEEZombino The problem is there are a lot of incentives for new construction to be in an HOA from a builder's perspective, so chances are that tiny home you want to buy is also in an HOA. If you want a home not in an HOA they tend to either be rural homes (because they were not built in large development projects), or very old homes, which tend to be traditional size (not tiny homes).

[@socommaster]

Lmao this isnt 2010 Thats not the case in 2024 😂​@jofujino

[@odinsmojo]

I did some work for a guy who bought a small tract of land, a developer bought all the land around him, then formed an HOA, the guy tried to refuse the HOA forming, but as developer owned a majority of land involved he was forced into the HOA...the developer never started building the subdivision, so the guy is the only house for several miles and he gets fines all the time from the HOA. This was in Florida by the way.

[@nowayagain8141]

How about disbanding all HOA's and giving ALL OF OUR RIGHTS BACK

[@g7003041]

Huh? You aware it HOA when you bought your home right? Now you want to remove them? What the difference, now you want to takes their rights too 😊

[@nowayagain8141]

@@g7003041 CORPORATE PERSONS have no "rights" they're fictitious entities, no matter what the system tries to convince you via color of law

[@nowayagain8141]

@@g7003041 test

[@hkiajtaqks5253]

@@g7003041 There's no non-HOA new construction in my area. All new construction comes with HOA.

[@AFAskygoddess]

@@g7003041 🎯 exactly

[@MrMountain707]

Imagine paying $800 a month to live in a house you OWN!

[@MrMountain707]

@allan339 The problem is that they keep raising the hoa fees. When you buy its 500, and within a few years its 800.

[@elaraasteroidtowner6596]

@allan339100% this !!

[@AnonymousU13]

I don’t care about HOA’s. If an HOA can harass and abuse you to foreclose on your home then sell it to the Boards Attorney for $1 you deserve to go to prison.

[@naturelover2292]

This is what needs to be outlawed. A lien yes but to have right to foreclose on your home is criminal

[@AFAskygoddess]

In Florida, an HOA cannot foreclose on a home for a $1 fine or debt. Read the state statutes before making that kind of asinine comment.

[@cascas5080]

the attorney is violating financial duty can lose license! contact Florida Bar and make the complaint

[@anthonymcneill4863]

@@AFAskygoddessthey’re not talking about Florida they’re talking about all over the country

[@Steve-yo4ld]

​@@anthonymcneill4863 No, this is about Florida specifically! Try listening to the clip before giving your opinion!😅

[@treyatl2006]

HOA can levy your bank account for unpaid fines and fees. They also can garnish your wages and put a lein on your home. Worse… They can foreclose on your home. People need to understand that before they purchase a home in a HOA.

[@JohnSmith-k1x]

HOA started around 20 years ago and cities and counties allowed HOA to exist as a way of taking the burden of taking care of these from the cities and counties and putting the responsibility on the HOA's But now 20 some years later these same HOA's are out of control. My advice to anyone looking to buy real estate is to NOT BUY a condo or in a HOA because you can not control what happens or how much they can charge you. and if you do buy in these areas don't blame anyone but yourself when things go wrong.

[@MrElwoodCaudill]

I refused to sign an HOA agreement when we moved in but that didn’t matter because Pasco County took over the HOA’s punitive measures here in New Port Richey, FL. We feel we’re prisoners.

[@AFAskygoddess]

My HOA was founded in 1977.

[@marlysmithsonian5746]

I conpletely agree with you! We loved the HOA we lived in. There weren't cars parked all over the streets so no one could get through. The houses were well taken care of and kept the property values high. We voted in, and out, who was on the board, along with a management company, and it was great. In Florida, I bought a place with an HOA, and many of us were upset when they were voted out. The 4 wheelers racing down our streets and drag racing, etc. was too much so we moved.

[@nunyabidness3075]

HOA’s have been around formerly for over 100 years in the US. The basic concept likely goes back to Ancient Rome. Even older is the practice of people who know virtually nothing about something acting like they do and even having strong opinions about those things.

[@nunyabidness3075]

@@MrElwoodCaudillI have no idea how that could even happen, but an HOA is much better than an over active municipality. In fact, one of the benefits of an HOA is that it can offer protection against a crazy municipality.

[@bertram46]

I would never live in an association community there are old retired people on power trips

[@NikitaMayaCody]

I’m dealing with this right now. Nightmare!!

[@privatecitizen1246]

actually 90% of the board Karens are middle aged or young with a power trip and no job.

[@blitzer9493]

@@privatecitizen1246that doesn’t even make any sense most of them are definitely old and have nothing else to do since they retired

[@joewoodchuck3824]

They're not just retired. Many HOA officers are working age and still have the energy to make people's lives miserable.

[@elultimo102]

I passed up a nice house on 8 acres with a nice view in Prescott, AZ. It was in an HOA, and the realtor said there was no way to avoid or escape from it. No thanks---

[@andrewbetances1203]

Some HOA are only due the road and like$50 a year. Was it for that?

[@retiredlogman]

In Florida board members may be sued personally. Many people are not aware of this means to check those who act outside the confines of their elected capacity.

[@coastalhillbilly3419]

Then no one competent will volunteer to be on the HOA boards

[@bsgvlog5640]

​@@coastalhillbilly3419 right how absolutely horrible, why would anyone take on that kind of risk!

[@marlysmithsonian5746]

That includes this governor. Take a look at the over 200 laws he put in place in the last year. He's supposed to be an Ivy league educated attorney but his ridiculous laws keep getting overturned by Florida Congress.

[@picklemetimbers3003]

@@marlysmithsonian5746 He seems like the kind of guy that would ban filler or bright color hair dye

[@pkcensors]

The governor did specifically ban trans people from using cheaper nurse practitioners/physician assistants for their specific medical stuff, also lab grown meat. He seems to do some good things but also some stupid political things, most likely hate motivated. I wouldn't eat lab grown meat but people should have the freedom to choose.

[@Mike-zk7rh]

can't wait to sell my hoa home and move to a non hoa home

[@kk4649k]

I’ve never met anyone that liked HOA

[@DNYLNY]

I have. As a realtor most ppl moving to Florida from places like NY want an hoA. Most other ppl hate them but these new yorkers tell me they want hoa so the area stays nice. I told them most ppl here live nicely but I guess they're so jaded from their experience in nyc they're willing to give up freedoms and have other ppl govern them. Also, a few have expressed interest in running for the board. I tell them that's great but In my head I'm think what bastards they are coming here and trying run things.

[@Ryan-wx1bi]

I'm sure you'd enjoy a well kept road, sidewalks and streetlights that normally wouldn't be there without an HOA.

[@thanosianthemadtitanic]

​@DNYLNY a person who gives up freedom for convience deserves neither.

[@stevelopez372]

@@Ryan-wx1bi Yup. Cities are doing a lousy job with taking care of basic infrastructure. Even keeping up with trash on public property. And forget about having streets maintained. And tell me where the homeless aren’t using public parks as a campground.

[@lynx-s8j]

FIrst time I have lived with an HOA and it has been hell. They have made living here like a prison.

[@donstringfellow6140]

I would never live in a HOA

[@damaddog8065]

Home owner association WHY? You already have the town to deal with. Do not buy property in an h.o.a.

[@jamestheproexpat]

I moved out of the US. It’s crazy how people want to be controlled

[@irishpch72]

not too far behind ya 🤞🏼trying to get out of here as well. where’d you find? I’m thinking 🇵🇹 & it’s looking good so far (found DNA linking me there 🤗)

[@thedopplereffect00]

There is an entire political party here for that

[@oldworldorder9424]

USA is a scam

[@PianoNVocals]

HOAs need to be illegal

[@barberfamily3367]

I have lived in non neighborhoods and now live in HOA home. I like living with a HOA because our streets are free of RVS and boats , large commercial vehicles staring me in the face each time I am outside my home. If you do not like the HOA rules , don’t purchase a home in them.

[@medusaskull9625]

People will abuse the power you give to them. That's human nature. A good functioning society need to strike a balance between what is good and what is bad regulations.

[@susangoodwin8067]

If you don’t like HOA’ s don’t buy in an HOA neighborhood. Simple

[@paulf144]

HOAs are good, but they should not be able to foreclose on a property for non-payment of small amounts. Also, the process for foreclosure needs to require some sort of in person interaction.

[@eriklee1794]

Lived in HOA in Winter Haven Florida.....then had a place built in Ocala.....No HOA ....I love it

[@crazyflboy8727]

Give up your rights and move into a commune HOA why just why ?

[@DoubleplusUngoodthinkful]

Good luck finding any new homes which don't require membership.

[@marlysmithsonian5746]

We built a home in early 2000 and had an HOA. Those were the days. It was a gated community, tennis courts, pool, cabana, stocked lake. Our HOA fees were less than $400 a year!! It was definitely needed. A family with 10 kids continued to have parties after the pool was closed and would throw the pool furniture in the pool and break the pool water system. Some people decided to paint their houses bright purple and flouresent pink!! It helped A LOT then. This stuff is too far.

[@DoubleplusUngoodthinkful]

@marlysmithsonian5746 so basically, you like them because they keep your neighbors from doing things which are perfectly legal, but that you don't like.

[@crazyflboy8727]

@@marlysmithsonian5746 A Progressive Liberals heaven is a conservatives hell .

[@marlysmithsonian5746]

@@DoubleplusUngoodthinkful when you live in a nice expensive area and spent a lot on your home, you don't want someone trashing it, destroying what you've paid in to or defacing their place to bring the property values down.

[@raymondhudson1288]

BAN ALL HOA S

[@justamom4902]

I agree!!!

[@SC-or2ek]

Just don't buy any home That is an HOA . tell your agent to show you only the home none HOA .

[@thedopplereffect00]

That's a lot harder to do now. Most new developments force HOAs

[@alexphelps7042]

A lot of places that you wouldn’t think are HOA, have inactive ones. My neighborhoods streets are not maintained by the govt. so we have and HOA that only has a full meeting once a decade & their only job is to discuss fundraising & maintenance for the private roads

[@bill5982]

How about telling us exactly what the law does, rather than just posting some talking heads.

[@CraigC-h6b]

Exactly

[@paulf144]

They did tell what the bill does. It is a weak bill, thar is the issue.

[@do0zer1976]

I don't know why people would give up your freedoms to the neighborhood power hungry karen....

[@jbranche8024]

An HOA is a Developer or Builder created Association Before the residents buy or majority of residents live in a community. There are Very Limited options in some areas (Florida). Current HOA is a Seriously flawed design

[@tdhtran]

@@jbranche8024 they should disband it once they finish selling all the houses they built there.

[@LBM-1956]

I understand not wanting junk, trash, multiple vehicles parked in the yard all the tim, yard badly overgrown, anything that detracts from the home and becomes a burden for neighbors or an eyesore, that is reasonable. However, HOAs have become overbearing, fining people for first responders parking, trash cans out all day on pickup days, not allowing people to have guests that park on the street, threatening people with lawsuits. DeSantis is now the only governor that cares enough about FL residents to protect homeowners from this, about time. Nowadays, most HOAs are a bunch of Karens and @$$holes that get off on controlling others. My neighborhood had an HOA in the process of forming, they got shot down, the original covenants from 1953 at the courthouse that they disregarded for their own personal agendas for the area made this possible.

[@MikeKelso]

Desantis is playing u for a fool. Hey heres 100 bucks extra hopefully now u can learn some responsibilites

[@LBM-1956]

@@MikeKelso You must be an HOA staff member. If so, one day you will f with the wrong person and wind up in the trunk of a car in a junkyard or thrown to the gators.

[@LBM-1956]

@@MikeKelsoIf you work for an HOA and are abusing power, you will do that to the wrong people, and they will handle it their way. Bullies understand one thing.

[@MikeKelso]

@@LBM-1956 desantis doesnt care. Pay to his donation campaigne

[@LBM-1956]

@@MikeKelso If you live in FL, you might consider moving, Liberals are now being seen as repellent pariahs. Add working for an HOA to that............... You grammar screams needs to retake 5th grade.

[@warrentrout]

Now the crapy neighbors will let their house run down

[@pepsilove6306]

cute, my moss covered house with the tired looking deck is 90 years old and the roof dont leak, My co workers lil mega mansion in a hyper tuned HOA, 3 month old house, roof leaks like a stuck pig. so much for that HOA quality home.

[@Aeorocks]

HOAs in the Midwest are annoying but not nearly as bad as they are in Florida. I don't know how you all put up with that sht for so long.

[@MikeKelso]

Its simple. Biased republicans who prefer to go broke rather then let colored people into the state

[@flguy6807]

Because you don't have to deal with charming people from the Northeast there.

[@AlbertoMartinez-kg9rj]

Im paying enough bills for my house. I dont need more bills for an HOA fine.

[@KingFergus]

You move into a HOA and agree to the rules and then complain about the rules... you can't make this stuff up

[@Kibatsume1]

Here's the issue first responder vehicles and tow trucks are legally labeled under Florida state law as an emergency vehicle and Not commercial, therefore HOAs never had the right to ban them to begin with. The issue is some hoas believe they are above state and federal law because it's private property , they can do what they want. I do believe there are simply too many laws on the book that people don't remember them all. All this new law does is reinforce an existing one

[@KingFergus]

​@Kibatsume1 that may be the case with this law but people complain about everything in an HOA..

[@pkcensors]

They should ban HOAs and legalize tarring and feathering of bad HOA board members (And more). Also a reminder that Spectrum and other garbage ISPs cozied up to HOAs to force residents to pay for outdated cable internet/tv to increase their profits, regardless of whether you use it or not.

[@arleenmorlino4019]

Never buy a house in a HOA community…code enforcement does a pretty good job at keeping homeowners in check..☑️☑️☑️

[@pepsilove6306]

until you move out into the county where city code enforcement has no power and the county wont do or say nothing to you until you become a major health hazard lol. I got a half dozen 60's to early 80's model trucks in my backyard waiting to be restored and my neighbor hates it sooooo much lol. glad I dont live in the city cause they would hauled em away by now.

[@fancy-on5hn]

No one is forcing anyone to purchase a home that is in a community that has an HOA. I purchased a home in a new development in 2008. Big mistake. The development looked like a 3rd world country by 2016. I left and bought into an established 15 year old community with an HOA. Homes and properties here are and remain pristine. 🤷🏽‍♀️

[@Caturday123]

👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@patl.4170]

I get it.. I live in a non-HOA community and it is depressing how others impose their trashy ways on the neighborhood. HOA’s have their place but probably need to be regulated as some are just too strict with the rules. My sister was fined because her garage door was left up.. that’s a little much.

[@eden_aumakua]

Screw HOA's and CONFORMITY!

[@CraigerAce]

I have never lived in a HOA community, nor will I.

[@RobertoMezquiaJr]

I dont live in, nor have i ever lived in, an HOA, but whenever i drive theough one, im certainly jealous of how clean and tidy all the landscaping looks. I have neighbors that park about 6-8 vehicles in their yard, ruining the swale and making everything look run down. Other neighbors who disrespect noise ordinance at sometimes all hours of the day. HOA's are really tempting to me because i want to be proud of my neighborhood, but i also dont want someone telling me what color my house can be or qhen to move my trash can.

[@patl.4170]

Couldn’t agree more! We must live in the same neighborhood. Numerous cars parked on the grass, garbage cans left out for days, yards never mowed. It’s depressing to walk through my neighborhood. I do believe HOA rules need to be regulated though.. some are out of control. There is one HOA neighborhood nearby where the homeowner can’t park in their driveway, they must park in their garage. Rules like that give HOA’s a bad name.. in addition to the escalating monthly cost.

[@JD-ir2sb]

Rules are needed but the biggest gripes are transparency of where the money is going. Some fees are just excessive and HOAs are no strangers to crooks

[@judybertagna4527]

HOA Homeowners associations have totally overstepped the Mark in my opinion. When it gets to the point where you can lose your home to these organizations, there’s something really wrong and fishy about it in my opinion stop HOA.

[@FriendlyBirdy]

Some HOA board members goes on power trips and fine people they dont like, ridiculous amounts for the smallest thing. Also, how is it legal for HOA to be able to sell somebody else home. Its ridiculous.

[@paytonpeta1336]

I will be in the minority, but my HOA was the only thing that stop my neighbor's dogs from barking at 3am. Local government wouldn't do anything so I just reported them to the HOA every two weeks. And yes I talked with the neighbors about his dogs and received any ear full about "minding my own business".

[@patl.4170]

This is the problem with living in a non-HOA community such as mine. Neighbors don’t respect neighbors.. it’s a “I’ll do what I want world”. So my neighborhood has multiple cars parked in the grass, yards not mowed, trash piled up alongside of the house etc etc. I do agree that HOA’s need to be regulated and ease up on some of the rules which can be ridiculous.. in addition, the escalating costs of some HOA’s make living in one almost impossible.

[@user-gn5uy6lx7z]

I wouldn't live in a house where people tell me what to do

[@davidcantor293]

Here in Las Vegas, most new homes are all HOA. We do not mind ours and they actually took care of our complaint about the new neighbors parking a SEMI TRACTOR TRAILER in front of their home...

[@King_of_Africa]

"Parked in front of their home"...🤔 Reread that slowly & you'll understand why HOAs are so hated. Also that semi most likely didn't have a trailer attached. And most HOAs even have something against pick up trucks. SMH

[@andreward8268]

​@@King_of_Africa facts... in front of THEIR home... why are you bothered??? That person is working

[@beetlefang]

@@andreward8268 I agree...what a jerk for worrying what is parked in front of their neighbor's home. I do not want a neighbor like the OP regardless of where I lived.

[@picklemetimbers3003]

Not a fan of more legislation. We have enough laws. In fact too many. When you buy a property and it has an HOA, it is up to you to review its policy. If you have an issue you can sue the HOA in a civil court. I have zero interest in some rando telling me how to manage my property. Don't buy a home in a HOA community and you wont have to worry about the neighborhood Karen.

[@km3106]

Somehow state intervention always makes things more expensive.

[@christinebee9781]

HOA’s are evil. When I owned a home in Fort Myers in a gated community we had an HOA. The restrictions were absolutely ridiculous. I’d never live in another one.

[@anniesshenanigans3815]

outlaw them altogether!! It's one thing when the homeowners actually get together and make the decisions. Most of the time it works. but the MINUTE you give the management over to a 'management' company.. then the fines come.. and the management companies are all about fines. how else will they make more money?? They get a percentage of the fines. sometimes all of it. My HOA was great until they did this. I sold and moved within a year. And bought a house that is not in an HOA and will never be in one. The city I live in has enough rules to be just about as bad as an HOA. Maybe they need to look at that next.

[@gheenoe51]

Our governor seems to enact all of these petty laws in hopes of diverting our attention from the real issues at hand - skyrocketing home owner and auto insurance rates as well as affordable housing.

[@matthewdavis6741]

My HOA won’t tell me when they do their inspections. I said “so if I mow my lawn every single Friday, and you take pictures every single Thursday- I’ll always get violations, but if I mow my lawn on Wednesdays I never get violations. I don’t think you’re rolling dice before you go take pictures of the neighborhood, so there’s must be a plan. There’s no reason not to disclose that.”

[@copyjockeynk]

Cool, can you fix the homeowners insurance issues?

[@BreadBox42]

People AGREE to HOA bylaws when they purchase a home, it’s not some huge surprise.

[@Jenvlogs404]

There are no other options in states like FL especially new builds

[@moneyindabank]

Never buy a home with an HOA.

[@Darci3333]

I hope they outlaw HOAs PERIOD.

[@yolovation2415]

I'm 30. I bought my house when I was 22. Not in a HOA neighborhood. I wouldn't trade it for the world. My house, my property. Only wish I was out of city limits as well. Stop giving your freedoms away. The fact someone can foreclose on your house even when you make your mortgage payments is completely insane.

[@rknow78229]

Nothing will change!

[@brookecollins558]

Our HOA told a neighbor their pool equipment was never approved. The Equipment CAME With the Pool when they bought it SEVENTEEN YEARS AGO! ABSURD! They were going to make them move it.

[@jamesbondero6170]

HOA's are just a way to grift money from homeowners!

[@timothyplumley9285]

HOA's should outlawed. If not they should only be allowed to manage the common areas in neighborhoods.

[@ysykes489]

HOAs are a complete waste of time. I would never buy a home in an HOA. It’s a way to legalize bullying for the most part.

[@LisaJones-lg8lu]

HOA really means Headache Own Associates 😅

[@pnoon43]

My condo board blocked cash sales on my unit and there were 3 people on the board but they never included the 3rd person - they declined 5 hispanic buyers and i lost over $9k in purchase price,taxes and maintenence on it. I finally got a litigation attorney to send a threatening letter and was finally able to get it sold. The attorney said its a waste of money to take it to court for it would cost me more in the long run. I would never live in a community where you have less power or control ! Tamarac,Fl Mcnab and University stay away from this drug and crazy people community.

[@jvane28]

I would never buy in an HOA. Too many rules and Karens.

[@eddyGuerrero94]

HOA needs to be abolished

[@privatecitizen1246]

They should NOT BE ABLE TO FINE YOU EVER. PERIOD.

[@om-nj2hw]

I rather live in the wild west of neighborhoods, than an hoa who has complete power over you., many horror stories about them.

[@tanyaroberson9629]

Write to Ron DeSantis tell him you won't vote for him if he doesn't do something about out of control HOAs.

[@sanayrica]

Now in Florida they have something worse. CDDs another property tax. Once sold as just for a few years to pay for development of the area. It never ended 😂, just like tolls. So you pay HOAs, CDDs, property tax, and property insurance. All fees that always go up and up. DeSantis approved all rate hikes. So all this companies plus all utility companies are living their best lives. And Floridians are paying 2x - 3x the cost of just a couple of years ago.

[@patl.4170]

As a Floridian, you are absolutely correct.

[@CJ-sg3vs]

No one is gonna tell me what I can or can’t do on my property. That is why I will never live in a area with an HOA

[@michaellong2439]

its funny how every comment ive ever seen in a video about HOAs is saying to never buy a house with one, yet people continue doing it because of the value it adds

[@grrriallen7192]

In Jacksonville, FL the city has an ordinance where you must keep your grass mowed. if someone reports it, the City will come out, mow the lawn and charge the homeowner an arm and a leg for it. It works well here.

[@patl.4170]

Excellent!

[@ArturoBarcena]

We don't have HOA is western New York region.

[@nowayagain8141]

That's because barely anyone lives in Western New York, all the smart and capable left years ago

[@sanayrica]

I enjoy living in a nice neighborhood. But I also think is ridiculous that HOAs can foreclose on people's homes. I also think about older people and the HOA telling them they have to pressure wash the roof, the driveway, change the mailbox, etc, etc, etc. When you pay off your home on retirement, your only income is your retirement, you don't have the ability to do some of this things yourself. And someone could take your home away because you can't afford to pay someone to pressure wash. That's actually pretty terrible. I also think that if you bought your home for a price your taxes should be based on that price. Because your home could also be taken away if you can't afford your property taxes.

[@justamom4902]

I would definitely NOT ever live in an HOA own community.

[@yvechapman9342]

Holy crap DeSatan is doing something right? The world is definitely ending

[@monkeybusiness1999]

HOAs shouldn't be about conformity - they should be about general cleanliness, safety, neatness, basic curb appeal, visible home maintenance & upkeep. Forcing residents to have the exact same height & type shrubs, trees, flowers, landscaping stones, garbage can concealment, colored planters & yard decor as their neighbors makes life incredibly dull & unbearably restrictive. (Even worse, HOAs that spend more time fining residents for nit-picky things while ignoring that one insane "problem house" that every HOA community is miserably forced to live with. (Drug dealing; the owners stealing property from their neighbor's yards; loud 3am parties; their trash strewn front walk & patio attracting rats. Your front yard a mess, too, after their party guests noisily leave at 5am, throwing beer cans, liquor bottles & fast food garbage everywhere.)

[@JoeMomma-yk6qb]

HOA is criminal to be honest, people that are petty buy HOA houses, Karen's that want a uniform neighbourhood.

[@steveburke7675]

Why anyone would buy a house in a development with an HOA is beyond me. It's literally Karen ground zero.

[@boedilllard5952]

I couldn't live with the heat in FL but it's like they just get it in FL. More rights for innocent citizens than criminals, protect children from molestors, property owners have the rights - not squatters, less rights for the HOA.

[@GoldSkye]

I would never buy in a HOA.

[@CorvusAlyse]

That’s the problem, what he just said is the problem. There’s a lot of us that do NOT want conformity. If I want to paint my mailbox lime green, don’t fine me for it. If I want my house a “non-approved” color, then that’s what I want. If I prefer to have an 8-10 ft fence in the backyard so I minimize the amount of people watching my kids in bathing suits, then that is what I want, and as long I maintain that fence, no one should be able to tell me how high or what color or what it has to be made of. I don’t want to be forced into a conformity box, and I know many others are just like me. An HOA that is there to use dues towards keeping public spaces nice and keeping kids and pet parks nice, and for seeing obvious signs of misuse of a property, like not mowing until it’s two feet tall, or leaving trash and junk all over the place, that I can understand. But don’t come and fine me because my grass is a 1/4 inch too long. But no, I don’t mind paying dues to upkeep a dirt road or to take care of public spaces, but the fines for not conforming and for frivolous things, like the grass being 1/4 inch too tall like my cousin’s HOA did last summer have got to stop. I would say do away with fines altogether, unless they can prove in a court of law that there is reasonable proof, like the aforementioned two feet tall grass and junk and/or trash laying around. There needs to be a clear assumption of power, or non-assumption, as it were, so HOA Presidents don’t let it go their heads and get too big for their britches, as my gramma used to say. I’ve heard too many horror stories about HOAs thinking they had the right to enter someone’s private property without their consent. Someone posted door cam footage just the other day of an HOA attempting to access her house while she was at work, and the conversation was just…outrageous. Like, this person thought it was their right to access her home and got upset when his key did not work and told the home-owner that she wasn’t allowed to change the locks on her private property without the HOA being involved. And the stories I’ve heard of people being fined for something in their backyard that was clearly not visible unless you were up on their property and peeking over their fence. I also think that federally, HOAs should not have the right to fine someone to the point of putting a lien on their home. As if life and paying bills wasn’t difficult enough. So yeah, HOAs do serve a purpose, but they are not police, they do not have home-owner rights, and they should have very limited fining abilities, limited to extreme cases. I mean, how neighborly of a person is it, that their first thought of a persons grass getting too long, is to fine them, instead of finding out what is happening in their world. Maybe one of their parents has been really sick and they are taking care of that parent somewhere else and haven’t been home to mow, and maybe what they really need is a sympathetic neighbor to volunteer to mow their lawn, not a fine. What is wrong with people?!

[@renatacuriosa]

How about making a law prohibiting registered sex offenders to live in these communities?? I am in disbelief that I live in a gated community and register a sex offender ( who assaulted a minor!) just moved in. I reached out to the HOA and they said there is no regulation against that yet because of not enough votes from the community at last year‘s meeting. Why does something like that need community votes? This is common sense for God sake!

[@trmentry]

HOAs are the worst and I believe decrease value of the neighborhood. I will never own another property in an HOA again.

[@ameliaandes797]

The person buys the house and the HOA can evict the owner? 🤔

[@MADBurrus]

The same people that want HOAs are the same people we call Karens

[@PelosiStockPortfolio]

Or people who dont want to live next door to an AirBnB

[@TeeVan-wy4bg]

...and are also the same people who more often come from "blue states" where they LOVE some CONFORMITY as you heard the guy say on this video. Sure, that's the problem. There's not enough codes, conformity and compliance.🙄 We purposely live in a nonHOA neighborhood that is very nice because people already sort of compete with each other by making their homes nicer when somebody inspires them by doing some great improvement on their home. Our city's code enforcement is already strict enough.

[@LP-ct9nk]

Airbnbs exist in almost every neighborhood. Hoas do a poor job of regulating against that and certainly aren’t the solution for that specific problem

[@PelosiStockPortfolio]

@@LP-ct9nk Wrong on every point. Several of my old neighbors tried to do AirBnBs but the HOA shut them down immediately. Their listings were removed and banned from AirBnB website, the owners were fined directly, and no one tried again for the rest of the time I lived there

[@UpUpDnDnLtRtLtRtBAStart]

Good. Another upgrade to HOA would be for part of the fees to be invested and profits given to residents. That's a stronger model.

[@lifeasweknowit8798]

I would never buy in a HOA. Or any place that you have to pay condo fees

[@coralshores64]

The new laws do nothing to help the home owner who owns a work truck. If it has logos,wraps,signage. Those vehicles will still be able to be banned from the property. Imagine being so controlling that you,would rather your neighbors loose their job and possibly home. All because you don't want to see their car.

[@1fnfigi]

How bout stopping them from Being able to foreclose on your house! That’s Insain

[@vs5129]

HOA’s ate bad. Period.

[@AwilsonBLOGME]

They should allow any homeowner that wants to come off of a hoa can remove it off the property go back to normal

[@rons3634]

When you start helping to pay my mortgage, then you can start telling me what to do with my property.

[@agmcroom2374]

I hope other states adopt this because I will never move into an HOA

[@dlicious5677]

I feel like HOA’s are everywhere!!

[@davewil3]

Part of the new rules allows parking anywhere on your property, including your front lawn. Can't wait for that. NOT!

[@jorgecaraballo1771]

How about the hoa's give your money back annually" if" you do keep up with your home!? - IMO, don't you spend money to maintain all of your home anyway, so why do you have to pay the board to just tell you to spend more money to maintain your home!!!

[@dhowto3005]

Disband all HOAs in single family communities. Homes in none HOA single communities sell for a higher price. People in none HOA single family homes take care of their properties. There is no need for an HOA!