I'm the President of our HOA, but I live out in the country, and we have no real enforcement except to put a lien on someone's property if they aren't following a rule, which means nothing unless they are selling the home.

Do HOA inside city limits have powers beyond that?

For example, I have a neighbor who doesn't care for his yard at all, sometimes lets it get 12 inches tall before mowing, and doesn't weed eat or clear under his trees, or anything. We have rules about the outside appearance of the homes, but really can't do anything about it.
Also have a neighbor who has a truck without an engine sitting in his front yard, been there for years, but it's not allowed by rule.

Again, we can put a lien, but what good is that really.

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Posted by The Spleen

Member since Dec 2010

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Posted on 8/4/16 at 7:17 am to kywildcatfanone

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Do HOA inside city limits have powers beyond that?

Ours doesn't. A lien is about the only thing they can legally do, other than public shaming.

Ours used to be horrible. There was an old retired guy on the board that would drive around the neighborhood policing it for violations. I got a letter from them almost once a week for the most trivial shite. He got removed from the board though, and I haven't gotten anything from them in years. I think they realized after the houses in our neighborhood didn't lose any value in the housing crash, they didn't need to be dicks over trivial stuff. My neighborhood is highly sought after and houses average just a few weeks on the market before being sold.

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