The Privatopia Papers

Bill addresses watering in homeowner associations - SFGate : SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Homeowner associations would be prohibited from requi...

Drought debate: Homeowner fined for replacing grass with drought-tolerant plants - Inside Bay Area : SAN RAMON -- Fran Paxson figured to get...

http://variety.com/2014/tv/news/fox-gambles-on-big-bold-and-expensive-vision-of-utopia-1201288541/ Well, if anybody can create utopia it wou...

http://m.sfgate.com/news/science/article/Lawn-removal-in-parched-California-draws-fine-5706307.php With the state of California authorizing ...

'Remove flags or be fined' homeowner told by HOA | AccessNorthGa : GAINESVILLE - A Gainesville woman has been told by her homeowners...

Scottsdale HOA sues property management company - CBS 5 - KPHO : SCOTTSDALE, AZ (CBS5) - Some North Scottsdale homeowners are angry and th...

http://wlfi.com/2014/08/07/sidewalk-scuffle-homeowners-surprised-by-city-code/ I'd be surprised, too. 

http://www.forbes.com/sites/peterjreilly/2014/08/05/homeowner-association-irs-ruling-highlights-schizophrenic-nature-of-associations/ Fe...

ALEC Offshoot Takes Aim at Local Government | PR Watch : " Early reports suggests that ACCE will pursue similar policy objectives as AL...

AB 968 Assembly Bill - Bill Analysis This bill is intended to clear up the existing ambiguity regarding responsibility for maintenance, re...

Crop circle in Germany attracts many visitors    -------------- There must be something in the CC&Rs that prohibits crop circles...

Mesa residents still fighting HOA, claim former board members misspent money - ABC15 Arizona : Mesa, AZ - We've been following the legal...

PQED: How should people respond to open-carry gun-rights activists? : "The question that concerns me now is how we bystanders should r...

Poor doors: the segregation of London's inner-city flat dwellers | Society | The Guardian : "A Guardian investigation has discover...

Homeowners Association: Veteran Can’t Build Furniture For Military Families In Need  CBS Sacramento : "Even as a nonprofit, the Vietna...

Homeowners Association: Veteran Can’t Build Furniture For Military Families In Need CBS Sacramento : NEVADA COUNTY (CBS13) — A war veteran w...

Despite recovery, fewer Americans identify as middle class | Pew Research Center : 'The nationally representative survey of 1,504 adult...

A deep divide over new condo foreclosure bill - chicagotribune.com : "The Illinois Condominium Property Act allows associations, in ca...

The Twin Insurgency - The American Interest : "Rights within such spaces accrue to dollars rather than to citizenship. The vision of t...

Housing dispute leaves 97-year-old man homeless : "Each morning, a variety of men and women pass through the doors of Napa’s Hope Reso...