Who should this fix fall on

how big is the hole?

If it within your property line, it is your responsibility. The HOA is their to uphold the covenants of the neighborhood. The only time they will be held responsible is if the cause of the hole is something they did. You will have to prove that the builder did something wrong with the build to cause the drainage issue to hold them responsible.

I'm not sure what you mean by drain and the dirt surrounding it, but if it is an issue with underground drains put in by the parish, then you may get them to help you out.

Honestly, if it's not that large of a hole and nobody claims responsibility, this seems like a weekend project that wouldn't cost you much.

Well you missed the 1 year window to force builder to do it.

Get a shovel, some sand and filter fabric and start digging.

I doubt the HOA will deal with it since they just started and are probably broke. You can always try though.

Not a weekend project. I already dumped about 10 5 gallon buckets of sand and can't even see the bottom of the hole. It's a catch basin that goes about ten feet down and on the outer edge of the outside perimeter theres a hole appears to go all the way down to bottom of catch basin. So what I'm thinking is there's another pipe that runs into that drain that may have a crack and the dirt is falling in and washing away. So there's no point to keep adding material that's just going to wash away.

Flashlight and camera, post the pics

Who owns the drain? I have a storm sewer drain in an easement/ROW/whatever the hell Louisiana calls it. The earth around it had eroded similar to what you are describing. DPW wont touch it until it starts endagering my property and even then Ill probably have to get a lawyer.

I had some concrete spoil from digging up old fence posts. I crushed it into large bloxks with ye ole sledge hammer. I threw in some rabbit fencing into the hold and then I filled the void with the crushed concrete and then added maybe $30 of gravel. Its been over a year and no more erosion.

If the dirt and clay around the drain is washing away, adding sand will surely wash away too.

two to three square yards of sand should do you up good. do not waste time with five gallon buckets.

take the one hour to fill up the bed of your truck and shovel it in the hole.

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dirt is falling in and washing away

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This is what I'd think also. Not sure who the problem would belong to, but I'd think the city or more than likely the developer if there was one.

So there is definitely a crack between the catch basin and the pipe.

I will bet the contractor just shoved the pipe in there and did not use any no-shrink grout.

So if it was my yard I would dig it out, make backing of foam around the culvert/catch basin joint. Mix and pack it with no-shrink grout. Then throw down some filter fabric just in case, backfill with sand, last 6" top soil.