Something Evan McKenzie said a few years ago on his blog is worth repeating:
"the fact is most owners don't care about any of the issues we talk
about here".
http://privatopia.blogspot.com/2011/02/nevada-hoa-inmates-rally-against-bully.html
Evan McKenzie said...
There have been several attempts to get a national organization
started to represent the interests of owners in common interest
housing developments of all types -- condos, HOAs, and co-ops. I have
been involved with two of those efforts and I thought both of them had
a good chance of succeeding. In both cases the individual who would
have been primarily responsible has abandoned the effort.
The problem is participation by owners. Despite all the intense
outrage on the part of some activists, the fact is that most owners
don't care about any of the issues we talk about here, unless and
until their own ox is getting gored. And when that happens, their
concern is short-lived and rarely carries over to anybody else's
grievance. Few and far between are the owners who would contribute any
time or effort to organizing on behalf of CID owners.
Unions got over that hump by federal legislation giving them the
right to bargain collectively on behalf of members, to collect dues
directly from pay checks, and other pro-union legislation. Let's see
somebody come up with a way to overcome the collective action problems
of CID owners. I don't have the answer. I wish I did.
February 27, 2011 at 5:17:00 PM CST
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