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Homeowner associations are essentially corporations established by developers of real estate. The association works initially to market and sell the homes in the subdivision. The developer is granted the right to vote about association policies while also allowing him or her to transfer the ownership of the association to individual homeowners upon the sale of a certain amount of lots. When a home within a homeowner association is sold, the home buyer is normally not allowed to reject the homeowner association membership. There is typically a board of directors established to run the association, collect dues, and hold meetings. Many of them retain the services of a property management company to carry out those duties.

Homeowner association regulation…

The concept of urban sprawl is based on the outward growth of a city into its outlying areas (suburbs) and subsequent expansion of rural areas. Design of these suburban developments cause increased dependence on automobiles as well as many other issues, such as long commutes for city workers, racial segregation, rising rates of obesity, and higher costs for public transportation. Urban sprawl also has some distinct advantages, such as larger lots for single-family residences and lower prices for land.

There are continual debates as to the benefits and disadvantages of urban sprawl, and the term typically is used in a negative fashion. The perception of urban sprawl is somewhat accurate when one considers that rates of pollution per person is higher in…