Every HOA enforces the associations rules. All of the associations where I have lived, whether they be for a condo, or a home, had rules that each condo/home owner agreed to follow. The document they usually had was often called the association bylaws. The enforcement procedures were anonymous in each of the associations, as they are here in the villages. The anonymous reporting was sometimes done by a neighbor [or a snitch] or by a board member. In either case you received the notorious letter about the problem and requiring resolution by a certain date. One of the 1st reactions after reading the HOA violation letter usually is "who reported me?" or "who reported this problem" and HOA members never find out because sharing the info could lead to bad blood or violence. Americans including villagers have problems with drugs, alcohol and guns and who noes what could happen if someone knew their neighbor reported them a few times for having weeds in their lawn, or not cutting the lawn or not replacing old mulch or something else cosmetic in the property.
The villages is a very large HOA and this system works to a certain degree. One case where the system fails is with all the complainers who agree to the system when they sign closing docs and move in, and then when they are reported they feel they should be exempt from legal docs they signed.
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