I am from South America and although I have been blessed not to feel discriminated – I am pretty laid back so if people did I actually didn’t notice/care. I work for a Asian company so ethnicity diversity is in their DNA. I have strong supporters at work that are white. But you never know, they might not like our last name.
I hope I don’t have to go to arbitration though. I just want to paint, i am not interested in ruining the HOA that at the end will increase the fees for everyone. I’ll keep you posted on my saga.
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I doubt you are being discriminated against based on your ethnicity or country of origin.
More likely the current HOA board or architectural committee probably has a few Barney Fifes and they constitute the majority at the moment. I’ve seen that happen and usually what happens next is at the next election, the homeowners vote them out because other homeowners have been subject to ridiculous decisions just like you.
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the problem I see with HOA’s many times is homeowners don’t give hoot about the elections until something affects them. So if you aren’t lucky , and the HOa Board singled you out for something , you could very well be on your ownnfor a long time. A lot of the rule enforcements are totally inconsistent and many of the board members themselves don’t follow all the rules. Lawyer letters are great for situations like this.
I found that most of the time, anal retententive HOA Board members tend to be the stay at home Karens and Karls that have nothing better to do.
