‘Failed experiment:’ Florida committee unanimously OKs plan to scrap HOAs
After a state lawmaker brought up eliminating HOAs last year, a new Florida bill would allow residents to do exactly that, according to a report from our sister station WKMG in Orlando.
The bill — HB 657 — was filed back in December by state Rep. Juan Porras (R-Miami), who blasted HOAs as a “failed experiment.”
It sounds good, but I think it is going to be tough in practice. Click thru for the details.
If you are wondering why people would love to get rid of a Homeowners Association, see The Fat Electrician on HOAs being Diet Communism. That clip is about 1 minute long. I can recommend the entire video, which is on Congressional Medal of Honor recipient Van T. Barfoot, and his fight with an HOA.
We bought this house 42 years ago primarily because the neighborhood didn't have an HOA and I didn't want to live under one. Still too much infringement in my mind, but at least the city allows me to keep my modest ham "antenna farm" in the yard.
ReplyDeleteSiG, I weep at the pleas of usually older hams that just want a simple, effective antenna but are stymied by HOA rules. They're not looking for a five element tribander at a hundred feet, they just want a 40 meter wire dipole high enough to work.
ReplyDeleteAnyone who willingly buys property subject to the insanity of a HOA deserves the pranging they are going to receive. And anyone who actually votes to implement one needs to be hanged.... immediately.
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