Zoning vs. HOAs. Which is better? For whom? And why?

https://naturalorderpodcast.com/ep8/

Social Contract?

We dig into the whys and wherefores of HOAs—as opposed to zoning regulations—from the perspective of homeowners.

What are the positives? What are the negatives?

Which is most compatible with the Natural Order?   

Today’s show brought to you by O’Leary Power.

Hey, remember that “social contract” idea? What if we actually signed such things?

Agreements are better than politics.

Which system would you rather put your trust in?

On the one hand, you can check out the neighborhood you are interested in buying into and see what condition the HOA is maintaining the community in. If you like what you see (and the house), you read the CC&Rs (Covenants, Conditions & Restrictions) and you decide if you want to abide by those rules – knowing that your neighbors are similarly bound.

On the other hand. You can check out the neighborhood you are interested in and check out the way it is zoned (almost nobody does this). Then, you can hope and pray that, like Darth Vader, the local politicians don’t decide to “further alter the deal” for whatever crony political motivations they might have.

One way sounds a lot more like a civilized society than the other, right?

What if we expanded this HOA model? What would it look like? Check out the concept of “covenant communities” in: Democracy – The God that Failed: The Economics and Politics of Monarchy, Democracy, and Natural Order (Perspectives on Democratic Practice) by Hans-Hermann Hoppe.

“Lovely Rita”

BO’L: In my experience living in Portland, Oregon, the proverbial “Rita” was not so lovely. The Beatles, however, have a lovely song about the lovely Rita.

Social Contract

The May 2023 issue of Chronicles has a nice article by Douglas Wilson that destroys the idea of a “social contract.”

Look up what Lysander Spooner had to say about it, as well.

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