HOA tells him he can not fly flag

Catt57 · Jan 17, 2021

TwoForFlinching said:
No, they're still in the right. The Freedom of Display the American Flag Act says they cannot prevent you from flying an American flag, but they can dictate how and when. They didn't ban the flag from being flown, they merely dictated it could not be flown during the Christmas season. They are well within the law.

He crying about it?

https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-109publ243/html/PLAW-109publ243.htm

(2) any reasonable restriction pertaining to the time,
place, or manner of displaying the flag of the United States
necessary to protect a substantial interest of the condominium
association, cooperative association, or residential real estate
management association.

The key is the determination of what constitutes a "reasonable restriction" and "substantial interest" under the law. I would argue that saying you can't just because it is Christmas would not qualify.

TwoForFlinching · Jan 17, 2021

Catt57 said:
I would argue that saying you can't just because it is Christmas would not qualify.

Maybe not, but who knows... The courts make odd decisions all the time. For instance, they gave HOA's permission to govern flags in the first place. There's no telling how they'll resolve a challenge like this.

RickN · Jan 17, 2021

TwoForFlinching said:
No, they're still in the right. The Freedom of Display the American Flag Act says they cannot prevent you from flying an American flag, but they can dictate how and when. They didn't ban the flag from being flown, they merely dictated it could not be flown during the Christmas season. They are well within the law.

He crying about it?

Not crying, making them cry with his display.

DRC458 · Jan 17, 2021

Not that we have bought many houses in our lifetime, but I just never even considered looking at homes with an HOA when we were looking.

Uncle TK · Jan 17, 2021

DRC458 said:
Not that we have bought many houses in our lifetime, but I just never even considered looking at homes with an HOA when we were looking.

WHY?
New and nice housing additions all have HOA because they help to keep the neighbor up!

MacFromOK · Jan 17, 2021

I didn't even know what an HOA was when we built this house in '76.

But I'm glad we didn't stumble into one.
:drunk2:

DRC458 · Jan 17, 2021

Uncle TK said:
WHY?
New and nice housing additions all have HOA because they help to keep the neighbor up!

Very simple. As others have stated, I don't need somebody else telling me how to maintain my property and what I can or cannot do. I maintain my property. It's not run down or neglected. We looked in neighborhoods with nice, and well maintained, homes and property. Those are probably inhabited by people of the same or similar mindset. We've been here almost 25 years. So far, so good.

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Slim Deal · Jan 17, 2021

I have determined that people who aspire to be on a HOA board are those who want to tell other people how to live and what they can have on property they purchased.

to Mr/Mrs HOA board member.

Gunbuffer · Jan 17, 2021

Les Carter said:
I have never understood why anyone buy in a HOA.
why would you want to live where some tells you what and what you can't do on your own property.
I guess some people just have a need to have a mommy and daddy of some kind to tell them no you can't. Geeeeeeeeeees

1# Property values.

El Pablo · Jan 17, 2021

Property values. You have recourse when you neighbor’s grass is 2 feet tall, keeps a wrecked junker on blocks, or dumps all the waste from there house demo/remodel on the side of their house. The person across the street from me did all this.

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