2022年12月19日

迈阿密和佛罗里达州劳德代尔堡的Local 10 News最近报道了一篇关于一位自豪的新Rivian R1T电动卡车车主的报道。那辆卡车似乎一切都很顺利，邻居们定期来拜访他，告诉他他们有多喜欢这辆卡车。但是，HOA经理们通常都是超级凯伦，他们通常能找到一种方法把好事变成噩梦。一名佛罗里达男子被他的HOA骚扰，因为他拥有一个美丽的Rivian R1T pic.twitter.com/Q3rLL3QP9M麻烦开始时，格伦戈登，韦斯顿，佛罗里达州的居民，收到了一封来自他的HOA经理的邮件。这个问题?HOA法规中有一个模糊的条款禁止皮卡车停在房屋前面。几十年前，皮卡车主要用于工作，商用车在社区里很难看，但自从HOA规则制定以来，情况发生了很大变化。今天，皮卡车非常普遍，通常不会被视为不雅观。当他打电话给物业(可能认为他们搞错了)时，他们威胁他，如果他晚上不把卡车藏在别的地方，就会罚款和其他法庭诉讼。10 News联系了物业管理公司，了解他们的说法，得到的基本上和业主说的一样。 Manager Jerry Engelhard asserts that the homeowner should have read the documents more carefully before buying a vehicle instead of complaining after buying. One of the big reasons people give to justify the existence of HOAs is that they theoretically protect property values by forcing homeowners to keep up the appearance of their homes. But, in this case, the property owner points out that even more wild trucks like the Tesla Cybertruck are going to be coming out soon. If people aren’t allowed to own popular vehicles in the neighborhood, this could be what actually drops home values in the long run. The good news both for homeowners in Florida HOAs and people who want to own an electric truck is that the HOA rules probably wouldn’t stand up in court. Attorney Andrew Ben says that in past court cases, rules against pickup trucks were found to be unlawful by at least one judge, who said that personal use pickup trucks don’t carry the same negative connotations as commercial vehicles, and don’t negatively affect neighborhoods and home values. In fact, 10 News and the lawyer were able to point to a case where a HOA not only lost the court case, but ended up owing $40,000 in attorney’s fees. Some Common Sense Is Badly Needed While there are many examples of idiotic and even criminal HOA management out there, this appears to be a case of someone just lacking common sense. While the plain text of the HOA rules may say that pickup trucks are prohibited, the rules are practically ancient in automotive terms. Anybody doing any thinking knows that a pickup truck is a very common vehicle in 2022, and has been since decades. Acting like it’s still 1975 because someone in the 1990s copied-and-pasted HOA rules makes for HOA rules that make less sense than the average internet copypasta at times. Instead of being a turd, the HOA managers need to focus on things that actually cause problems in their neighborhoods instead of tilting at windmills. Featured image by Rivian.