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<blockquote data-quote="Billybob" data-source="post: 1469412" data-attributes="member: 1294"><p>American Homeowners Resource Center</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.ahrc.se/new/index.php/src/tools/sub/newsletter/action/display/id/817" target="_blank">http://www.ahrc.se/new/index.php/src/tools/sub/newsletter/action/display/id/817</a></p><p></p><p></p><p>Homeowners Associations Are Out of Control in Texas</p><p></p><p><a href="http://blogcritics.org/politics/article/homeowners-associations-are-out-of-control/" target="_blank">http://blogcritics.org/politics/article/homeowners-associations-are-out-of-control/</a></p><p></p><p>[These HOAs are essentially micro-governments with very broad powers and with little accountability to anyone outside of the dominant voting faction in their neighborhood. Residents who are out of step with their neighbors or who run into problems with the rules of their neighborhood have few recourses if the HOA board decides to single them out for persecution, and punishment usually comes in the form of fines which may eventually lead to a lien being placed against the property and even seizure of the property.]</p><p></p><p>[Clements' great transgression is that his business of choice his method of earning a living in these lean times is to sell firearms to hunters and law enforcement. It's a perfectly legal business. He has the right permits from the federal government. He has broken no state or federal laws and his business is protected by both the Second and Fourth Amendments to the Constitution. But none of that seems to protect him from the Falcon Point HOA which has passed a rule specifically prohibiting residents from buying and selling firearms in the neighborhood, a rule written specifically to target just one homeowner, Andrew Clements.]</p><p></p><p>[While Captain Clauer was in Iraq his wife Mae became depressed and didn't pay attention to responsibilities like opening mail and paying bills. She never saw notices from the HOA about outstanding fees or the lien on the property and ultimately the foreclosure which they lead to. Ultimately the $300,000 home, which was a gift from her parents, was foreclosed on and sold for barely a 100th of its value to cover $800 in fees and fines. This despite the protections of the Constitution, Texas law, and the Service members Civil Relief Act which is supposed to protect the jobs and property of soldiers on deployment.]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Billybob, post: 1469412, member: 1294"] American Homeowners Resource Center [url]http://www.ahrc.se/new/index.php/src/tools/sub/newsletter/action/display/id/817[/url] Homeowners Associations Are Out of Control in Texas [url]http://blogcritics.org/politics/article/homeowners-associations-are-out-of-control/[/url] [These HOAs are essentially micro-governments with very broad powers and with little accountability to anyone outside of the dominant voting faction in their neighborhood. Residents who are out of step with their neighbors or who run into problems with the rules of their neighborhood have few recourses if the HOA board decides to single them out for persecution, and punishment usually comes in the form of fines which may eventually lead to a lien being placed against the property and even seizure of the property.] [Clements' great transgression is that his business of choice his method of earning a living in these lean times is to sell firearms to hunters and law enforcement. It's a perfectly legal business. He has the right permits from the federal government. He has broken no state or federal laws and his business is protected by both the Second and Fourth Amendments to the Constitution. But none of that seems to protect him from the Falcon Point HOA which has passed a rule specifically prohibiting residents from buying and selling firearms in the neighborhood, a rule written specifically to target just one homeowner, Andrew Clements.] [While Captain Clauer was in Iraq his wife Mae became depressed and didn't pay attention to responsibilities like opening mail and paying bills. She never saw notices from the HOA about outstanding fees or the lien on the property and ultimately the foreclosure which they lead to. Ultimately the $300,000 home, which was a gift from her parents, was foreclosed on and sold for barely a 100th of its value to cover $800 in fees and fines. This despite the protections of the Constitution, Texas law, and the Service members Civil Relief Act which is supposed to protect the jobs and property of soldiers on deployment.] [/QUOTE]
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