When we finally did find a house and purchased it, we knew for a fact that we were NOT in an HOA. However, just behind us, we learned there was a (not really) HOA. The HOA president stopped by.

A reader is irate over advice that homeowner associations must let residents fly 'thin blue line' flag due to legal protections. Our legal expert responds.

HOA advocates are encouraged that the original legislation will be changed but will reserve judgment until they see all the changes. “They’ve been hearing us,” Foster says. “That drumbeat ...