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December 15, 2005
The positive is becoming a negative
I ran across the following paragraph in an article from a California newspaper: "Officials at Barratt American, developer of Fanita Ranch, were concerned that a recycled-water system would have required a homeowners association to run it, giving control of landscaping and irrigation to the association instead of the homeowners. Barratt officials were concerned that setting up a homeowners association would hurt the marketability of their homes, the staff report said."
Taking care of lawns used to be one of the reasons to have an association. This article is talking about a 1,300 home development, in California, and without an association. I didn't think that was allowed.
Think about it, "..setting up a homeowners association would hurt the marketability..". I guess when most of the news that's printed about HOA's is negative, the statement makes sense. The more serious question is whether it's true, or becoming true?
Posted by joewest at December 15, 2005 10:30 AM