# HOAs--yea or nay? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 31, 2020, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hoas-yea-or-nay/919440 "2020-08-31T13:14:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 15
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2020, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hoas-yea-or-nay/919440/15 "2020-08-31T14:20:56Z")
Quote from other thread: > [@Any advantages of living in an RV next to your actual house?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-advantages-of-living-in-an-rv-next-to-your-actual-house/919379/32): > > So you don’t object to organizations telling people what to do with private property, you just think those should be municipal instead of local? That’s not what I said. I objected to HOA’s telling people what to do with their private property, but that’s as far as I went regarding objecting to or endorsing anyone telling people that they can and can’t do with their property. I do think _someone_ needs to stay on top of it or, yeah, the city is going to look like a landfill. I just don’t think it should be my neighbor from down the block getting worked up over things like my grass being 4 inches instead of 2 inches or my garage door being open for more than 15 minutes or deciding that they get to inspect my backyard…which now means they’re not just interested in curb appeal, they’re going out of their way to find infractions. Granted, this goes out the window if your house is located on a big plot of privately owned property (think, gated community) or a condo or apartment. That is to say, if you live on property owned by someone else. Having said all that, if you’re made aware of the HOA (and it’s rules/fees/structure etc) before you start signing things and you’re okay with it all, more power to you. But in general, I have no interest in them. We have enough Gladys Cravitzs running around, we don’t need to give them the power to levy fines against things they don’t like. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hoas-yea-or-nay/919440)._