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Originally Posted by rubicon
nkirfats: In all due respect I am not talking against renters nor did I address the legality of renting. My concern was not in the short run but in the long run... how will this community develop?
To better understand my point of view is to begin with your point of view. How do you view The Villages? Is it a retirement community for 55+ or is it someone's vacation destination?
The rationale early on for renting was to give people an opportunity to determine if they could adjust to the community............
Well its gone beyond that and if you are looking closely at the menu on this board you will find people who actually want to RENT JUST A ROOM.
there are some who continue to buy units only for rental income and they do not even live here.
clearly they are within their right to rent their homes out. clearly there are a greater percentage of decent people renting.
However, in my view it becomes problematic because homeowners are permitted to transfer their amenity
rights to renters. The Villages could have made it policy that amenity privileges could not be transferred or assigned Recall how the sales people marketed The Villages. its actually cheaper to rent here than to buy here and that dog won't hunt
There are other communities in Florida that stopped permitting renting because it was damaging their community.
Perhaps I am mistaken but you would want to believe that leaders in this community are on the look out to ensure that this community lives up to its reputation and promises to those residents that wanted to call this community home.
and yes I am an advocate for live and let live but i am also concerned as to how this community will develop and what we sow now we reap later.
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Again, I agree with you. Unfortunately I think we are getting too big for much to be done about this now, it should have been written into the original By-laws.