With home ownership comes neighbors, and it seems you can’t trust your neighbors not to turn the place into a junkyard or an overgrown suburban jungle.
Luckily there are homeowners associations, to make sure Joe on the left doesn’t paint his house Longhorn orange, and Marie on the right doesn’t park seven cars on her front lawn.
https://www.chron.com/neighborhood/article/Houston-s-most-ridiculous-HOA-rules-12803240.php