The idea is supposed to be that an HOA can be more efficient in taking care of problems. The municipality can be underfunded, etc, and take a long time to solve a problem.

In practice, HOAs generally don't do anything useful, though.

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firesteelrain 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Our neighborhood actually saves the County money for property they don’t have to maintain (drainage/swales/mowing/etc) and provides community things like tennis courts, basketball courts, pools, playgrounds etc that the County doesn’t have to provide or maintain. It’s also cheaper for the HOA to do it

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sheepscreek an hour ago | parent [-]

> It’s also cheaper for the HOA to do it

How?

	▲	firesteelrain 5 minutes ago \| parent \| next [-]
		HOAs have direct control over spending and don’t need to meet the same bidding standards.
	▲	margalabargala an hour ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		The project can either be managed by a paid county employee in exchange for money or a volunteer HOA tyrant I mean member in exchange for power.

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wat10000 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

That’s always the pitch when privatizing government functions. It rarely works out.

	▲	Gibbon1 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Corruption that will get you sent to prison if your working for a muni is legal if you're running an HOA.