The Racist History of your Homeowners’ Association

Jennifer R. Povey
4 min readAug 11, 2020
Photo by Breno Assis on Unsplash

If I’m ever lucky enough to be able to afford a house (work reasons have me stuck in a very high cost of living area), I have one rule:

No homeowners’ association. (Condos are a different matter; condos need some arrangement to pay for common areas). And yes, this does mean that it might be a challenge; there are 351,000 HOAs in the United States.

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Jennifer R. Povey

I write about fantasy, science fiction and horror, LGBT issues, travel, and social issues.