Imagine living in an HOA that you hate so much that you start a facebook group to point out all their flaws and raise awareness. What would you do if the HOA found out about this group and was willing to do whatever it took to get it shut down?

In this story, one couple is in this exact situation, and they do not want to back down. However, they’re running out of money to pay legal fees.

Keep reading for all the details.

I’m being sued by the HOA over FB posts

We are being sued by the HOA board for FB posts that they don’t like.

We have been putting relevant information out there on HOA group pages citing our HOA for there failures to follow bylaws, selectively enforcing covenants, and other related topics on a group page owned and administered by my wife.

The HOA is suing us to shut us down.

This HOA is awful.

The court proceedings have been going on for over a year.

We just spent the last 3 days in court while they presented their case. They used up the entire allotted time, and now we have to schedule additional time with the court to even get a chance to refute their claims.

Our attorneys agree with us that it is a First Amendment issue and that we will win.

Unfortunately, we are running out of money that we can spend to fight back and will probably need to settle to stop the bleeding.

It’s too bad to spend the HOA funds on legal fees.

OTOH, they have the HOA coffers to keep paying their attorneys and dragging this out.

We are in a very middle class subdivision, and our neighbors are primarily retirees and young families.

While we have a lot of quiet moral support, most are afraid of ending up getting sued and are unwilling to come forward or openly oppose the Board.

OP isn’t sure what to do.

Has anyone else been in this position?

I’m considering crowdfunding, but I have no experience with that.

If we fail, this Board will continue to run roughshod over the rest of the neighborhood. Maybe, we should just concede and sell.

This is truly painful.

Can the homeowners overthrow the HOA by banding together to elect neighbors who would make better decisions?

Let’s see what advice Reddit has to offer.

This person urges them not to give up and to listen to their lawyer.

But another person thinks they need a different lawyer.

Here’s a suggestion about how to keep fighting without paying.

There might be an even bigger issue here.

The HOA clearly thinks they’re above the law.

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