Read it on Flipboard The Google Earth image above is a hovering shot from above a Minnesota State common interest development (aka HOA) that may be the site of a most unusual story, archived below: ▶ http://flip.it/uQ1I4o   As we archive this Trilogy of HOA stories, our lead item is a fascinating account from  15830 Andrie St NW, a house in a Ramsey, MN 55303 HOA ▶  This 3,227 square foot house features 4 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms ▶  This property was built in 1992 ▶   Located in central Minnestoa, Northfork is a 1,250 acre planned community located on the far western side of the the City of Ramsey, and eastern border of Elk River ▶  Northfork  has an active Homeowners Association committed to keeping this a great community in which to live ▶  The Homeowners Association owns approximately 300 acres of open space, trails and lake accesses for use and enjoyment by  Northfork  residents ▶ Read it on...

▶ #HOA roommates? http://altacities.com Follow @ALTALOMAN http://socialcurrentsee.com Deborah Goonan , Independent American Communities , browses far and wide through the some 338K USA homeowner associations to uncover perplexing issues, some that confound the mind. Such is this account from Sherwood Court, MN, and like the source, you may be amazed and concerned. You can read the details, but the clarion lesson is that homeowners who contemplate paid roommates in their dwellings better understand their HOA CC&Rs and don't let the HOA attorneys get involved in the dispute. http://altacities.com http://socialcurrentsee.com #ALTACITIES Blogs

Important #HOA Free Speech Decision! Print it out, and SAVE! https://t.co/CcN3oMlEvw — Ward Lucas (@Ward_Lucas) January 7, 2016 The First Amendment (Amendment I) to the United States Constitution prohibits the making of any law respecting an establishment of religion, impeding the free exercise of religion, abridging the freedom of speech, infringing on the freedom of the press, interfering with the right to peaceably assemble or prohibiting ... In the above tweet (' social current see ') from Ward Luca s, we learn about a landmark HOA case for free speech in Minnesota.  Here, a court overturned the illegal muzzle placed on an HOA member, Mel Pittel. The court quoted a landmark 1931 free press decision by the U.S. Supreme Court that few people even know about. A newspaper article is linked . Interpretations of "freedom of speech" rights within privatopia, as in the private governments of common interest developments (aka HOAs) has been and remains a dicey ...