Suffering From HOA Deed Restrictions?

Don’t they know we’re in a drought?

I’m fortunate enough to be living in a community where there are no HOA imposed restrictions and rules. You know those rules, you can only paint with “these”  colors and you have to maintain your yard to “this” specification….including keeping your lawn watered and green. Deed restrictions certainly appear to be at odds with the current drought situation.
In Florida, George Acorn wonders how homeowner associations can enforce standards on turfgrass in year three of the worst drought anybody can remember. An interesting article from the St. Petersburg Times, you can read it here.

One deed restriction I thoroughly support is the idea that if a developer is allowed to move forward with a subdivision, there should be a strategy to harvest rainwater from all the rooftops.  It’s an idea that needs to take root in the U.S. quickly either by individual homeowners, or communities working together.