It's an HOA world; you're just living in it

Explain It to Me

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Education, Politics, News, Society & Culture

4.4 • 7.9K Ratings

🗓️ 12 July 2023

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

If you’re buying a new home, there’s a good chance it’s part of a homeowners association. HOAs are a form of common interest housing, and roughly a quarter of Americans live in communities with one. These private entities work as a pseudo-government in many neighborhoods, and they’re shaping housing policy across the country. Read More: When your neighbors become your overlords Submit your policy questions! We want to know what you’re curious about Credits: Jonquilyn Hill, host Sofi LaLonde, producer Cristian Ayala, engineer A.M. Hall, editorial director of talk podcasts Want to support The Weeds? Please consider making a donation to Vox: bit.ly/givepodcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:50.0	It's the weeds I'm John Colony Hill. It may sound corny but you really see the
0:56.3	effects of policy everywhere. Once you start paying attention you see the way
1:01.1	it creeps in. Recently I was catching up with my friends Jasmine and Chris. I
1:06.6	didn't expect it to be a conversation about housing policy but at the root
1:11.6	that's exactly what it was. I've known Jasmine since we were teenagers. We met
1:17.7	through church. We were actually roommates on a mission trip to Alaska. Years
1:22.5	later when we both found out we were going to Howard and staying in the same
1:25.7	dorm we decided to do the roommate thing again. That's also around the time we met Chris.
1:37.7	Yes they're all at Howard and then this is the second day of a freshman week so
1:43.4	not even everybody else is there and they had a party on the yard, a
1:47.9	refugee city party on the yard and we went and I saw Jasmine making fun of this
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