‘This is terribly insulting,’ cries mom fighting HOA for her son’s car — she wants him to be safe until he comes home

A SOLDIER asked his mother to protect his beloved modified Subaru while it was on duty – she fought the HOA to keep it safe.

Some viewers suggested he take advantage of a military benefit that would have taken the pressure off his mother.

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Zack, a 21-year-old soldier, worked hard to buy his dream car – a Subaru WRX hatchback and he carefully made it his own.

Tinted headlights and taillights, tinted windows, aftermarket wheels, badge stickers and engine modifications.

Shortly after enjoying the dream of owning the car, Zack was called into service and deployed overseas in 2018.

He asked his mother, Angela, to do one thing while he was gone: take good care of Whitney while he was gone.

“That’s the only thing my son asked me to do was take care of his car,” she told the ABC affiliate. KNXV-TV.

“I feel like if I take care of that car, it will be taken care of.”

He took such good care of his car that he named it Whitney.

For Zack, the name is more than just a name – it’s a symbol of his hard work, his dedication and his passion.

For Angela, the car is also not just a car.

“This is not just an ordinary car,” she said.

“It’s a soldier’s car.”

Her home in an HOA lot has a garage, but it’s full of her own vehicles, so she parked Whitney in the visitor spot furthest out of the way.

Within days, notes were left on the Subaru’s windshield stating that their rules were being broken and that the car needed to be moved.

“This is terribly insulting,” she said, holding up a stack of handwritten notes.

She tried to fight back with her own handwritten notes, telling those writing that the vehicle belonged to a military man and to please not tow it.

The car hadn’t received any notes, but she was nervous.

“I’m asking for a corner, a corner.”

YouTube Viewers publish over the channel were curious as to why Zack didn’t take advantage of a military benefit designed to protect a soldier’s property.

What is an HOA?

One in five Americans lives in an area with a Home Owners Association – or HOA. But what exactly do they do?

• An HOA is a homeowners association – an organization that aims to maintain a clean, cohesive place for its residents to live.
• Entire neighborhoods, subdivisions, condominiums, single-family homes or townhouses within “a planned development” will often constitute an HOA.
• They also serve as a regulatory body for the tenants, who manage and finance the HOA through monthly fees.
• Its main goals are to keep the community functional and visually appealing and maintain property values.
• They focus primarily on a neighborhood’s common areas, like roads, parks, and pools — but they can also stipulate what residents can do with their property, like yards and sidewalks.
• These restrictions often impose uniformity on properties, for example, ensuring that most houses look the same and that all sidewalks are free of weeds.
• An HOA Rule Book of Covenants, Conditions, and Restrictions (CC&R) is distributed to all residents, and an elected volunteer board of directors enforces these regulations.
• Violating these rules can result in penalties such as fines and even litigation – as most HOAs are incorporated and subject to state law.
• HOAs are often the subject of controversy, with some members feeling that the rules are too punitive and restrictive, or that the leadership has too much power.
• But other HOAs like this give communities the power of self-government and can ensure a degree of harmony among residents.

“Why didn’t he keep the car?” asked a spectator.

“The military briefs you on this. That’s what I did with my vehicle before deployment.”

Another soldier responded, saying that the military will store the soldier’s vehicle at the government’s expense, as they have used the service before.

Another viewer felt compassion for Angela, but also felt empathy for the association.

“This lady is in a terrible situation and my heart goes out to her, but she agreed to the rules of her HOA,” they wrote.

Another person wrote that Zack may have paid for storage if he saw the HOA battle coming.

“I bet the kid would have paid for a deposit if he had any idea his mom was going to leave him in a guest place outside a community with an HOA,” they said.