When you live in an HOA, you’re signing up to follow a lot of rules, but what’s even worse is that sometimes HOAs seems to make up rules as they go and expect the homeowners to comply.

That’s what happened in this story. The HOA sent out a letter with a new demand. They wanted the homeowners to paint their houses. Their reasoning wasn’t very solid, and the homeowners weren’t very happy about the demand.

Keep reading to see how they retaliate and the reaction of a person renting in the neighborhood.

HOA is requiring everyone to paint their houses because the neighborhood looks “a little dull”

My HOA in the last neighborhood sent out a letter saying everyone needs to have their house painted this summer because the neighborhood is looking “a little dull”.

The next letter that came was a petition from someone in the neighorhood that they wanted everyone to sign and tell the HOA that more than half of the neighborhood hasn’t fiscally recovered from Covid and that they can essentially go hurt themselves.

It was a non-issue for OP.

I was renting so the paint wouldn’t have been my problem anyway.

But it’s just ludicrous to me that people who run these awful Karen commissions think that they can just do this kind of stuff.

I feel for the homeowner who started the petition, but seriously, shouldn’t these things be voted on before being mandated by the HOA board? Perhaps the homeowners need to start attending the board meetings.

Let’s see how Reddit responded.

This person has a theory.

Another person imagines the HOA’s thought process.

This would certainly brighten up the neighborhood!

If you enjoyed this story, check out this post about a neighbor who was angry after coming home to a surprise hole in their fence.

Unfortunately, the HOA would probably have restrictions on paint color.

I hope the residents ended up winning and not having to repaint. It really seems like a silly request, and the comment assuming the residents would have to choose boring paint colors is probably correct.

What’s the point of painting if it’s still doing to look drab?