re: HOA puts in speed radar and camera. Fines members $300+ per incident.

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What is the rationale for residents being able to opt out of an HOA that was in effect at the time of purchase?

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Yeah, that sounds not great.

So now residents can enjoy the benefits an HOA provides but not have to pay for it? Or I get to pay a couple hundred a month to make sure my neighbors mow their grass regularly and don't have an El Camino on blocks in their front yard unless they opt out?

Crack down on HOA management companies.

I’m all for it!!

I would run that shite over.

This isn't about speeding, this is about generating revenue.

Speeding in a neighborhood with a reasonable speed limit is trashy. 17 is not a reasonable speed limit... who comes up with that?

Putting obstacles in the road (speed bumps) should be illegal. I have never met a speed bump that you could safely ride over at the speed limit.

You will probably get more people setting records on this thing than people slowing down because of it, I bet it increases speeding in the area.

A lien on your house is very hard to enforce, even if the government has a lien. Most often they will get paid if you sell, but even tax sales are hard for the "buyer" to enforce.

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Putting obstacles in the road (speed bumps) should be illegal. I have never met a speed bump that you could safely ride over at the speed limit.

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That's the point - you're supposed to slow down for speed bumps.

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Wait until you learn they can likely sell your house on the courthouse steps for only the amount of these fees.

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Not sure why the downvotes.

In many States, HOAs are allowed to seek a judicial foreclosure for fees owed over a certain amount..$2k in Georgia. Typically after they attempt to collect and lien is placed. You don’t show up to defend and they can foreclose with only a goal of collecting their fees. It has been done numerous times in Georgia. The former owner is then still left with a debt to the mortgage company.

The can foreclose despite a mortgage existing. The mortgage lien remains in the property. Former owner loses any equity they had .

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It is could be said it is the HOA but it is probably the management company they hire. That is what happens where I live. Don’t dare have your garbage or recycle out to long. They just get paid more to fine people. Nothing anyone can do.

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FYI - if the street is public, the HOA can bitch and moan, but they have NO power over what is on the street. That is entirely up to the city, town or community that owns those streets to enforce their ordinances. Only if you are in a gated community and the streets and sidewalks belong to the HOA can they ding you for anything on the street.

leaving all the good logic in the 5 pages of comment before me, it all boils down to.........


when the hoa sues, it uses member dues to pay the legal fees and if successful the fees remain constant. If not successful then it has to raise member dues to pay for the next lawsuit.

when the homeowner member sues it has to pay his personnel lawyer much bucks for his cost while continuing to pay dues for the hoa costs encountered by his law suit

it is a racket set up against the homeowner. Hoa's serve little purpose not provided by local gov't rules

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HOA should just install speed bumps.

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To do it right, you’d redesign the road.



This a good small town example.

The road narrows at the crosswalk, drivers will naturally slow because it’s narrower, and the crosswalk itself is brick, so you get more vibrations driving over it, which slows drivers too.

Hug a nut HOA