HOAs block solar panels and native lawns. Here's how to fight back.

Joseph Schiarizzi begin her rebellion by planting legacy tomatoes.

With THE pandemic rage In spring 2021, her in front court, In A picturesque community just out D.C., transformed Since A sparse lawn has A blast of ten tomato varieties, cucumbers, worries, A native mint And jalapeños has TO DO her own hot sauce bursting out of three raised beds. Neighborhood children help factory carrots And garlic.

"My neighbors love he," Schiarizzi, 28, A software engineer For A financial technology to start up, said Me on THE phone, Estimate her garden furniture 215 pound sterling of food For several families last summer, along with habitat For pollinators. "Identifier say My life And THE world In general East A little little better For It is existence. »

Her owners association (HOA) does not agree. It is sent him three letters insistent he withdraw landscaping It is ostensibly "harmful" Or "unattractive In appearance. »
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"If I don't do it cut he back, they can to have A landscaper trim too developed plants has My costs," he said. "I specifically bought This House because Nothing In THE HOA documents said that I I could not garden. »

SO Schiarizzi, WHO lives In Falls Church, Virginia., hiring A lawyer. He estimates he has spent 100 hours of her time And $3,000 on legal advice, has keep gardening. For NOW, he is ignore THE notice on THE advice of her lawyer.

"Most people don't do it to have THE energy has struggle back," he said. "I am very lucky that My career And life are very flexible, I to have A plot of tenacity And TO DO time For This." HOA representatives did not answer has several inquiries.

More Americans that Never are running at fault of their HOA For update their houses In manners that advantage THE environment, such as add solar Signs, native the grass fields, VE chargers, clotheslines Or gardens. While HOA were once A rarity, 84 percent of newly built single parent family houses sold In 2022 were part of A, according to has THE WE. Census Office.

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Joseph Schiarizzi begin her rebellion by planting legacy tomatoes.

With THE pandemic rage In spring 2021, her in front court, In A picturesque community just out D.C., transformed Since A sparse lawn has A blast of ten tomato varieties, cucumbers, worries, A native mint And jalapeños has TO DO her own hot sauce bursting out of three raised beds. Neighborhood children help factory carrots And garlic.

"My neighbors love he," Schiarizzi, 28, A software engineer For A financial technology to start up, said Me on THE phone, Estimate her garden furniture 215 pound sterling of food For several families last summer, along with habitat For pollinators. "Identifier say My life And THE world In general East A little little better For It is existence. »

Her owners association (HOA) does not agree. It is sent him three letters insistent he withdraw landscaping It is ostensibly "harmful" Or "unattractive In appearance. »

"If I don't do it cut he back, they can to have A landscaper trim too developed plants has My costs," he said. "I specifically bought This House because Nothing In THE HOA documents said that I I could not garden. »

SO Schiarizzi, WHO lives In Falls Church, Virginia., hiring A lawyer. He estimates he has spent 100 hours of her time And $3,000 on legal advice, has keep gardening. For NOW, he is ignore THE notice on THE advice of her lawyer.

"Most people don't do it to have THE energy has struggle back," he said. "I am very lucky that My career And life are very flexible, I to have A plot of tenacity And TO DO time For This." HOA representatives did not answer has several inquiries.

More Americans that Never are running at fault of their HOA For update their houses In manners that advantage THE environment, such as add solar Signs, native the grass fields, VE chargers, clotheslines Or gardens. While HOA were once A rarity, 84 percent of newly built single parent family houses sold In 2022 were part of A, according to has THE WE. Census Office.