Protection of Property & Liberty Rights of Homeowners

Abstract

Homeowners Associations are private governments that are mushrooming in the housing development markets. Despite 80 to 90% of new homes are built under the housing societies ruled by Homeowners Associations, the field of public law has not caught up this reality and hence paid only scant attention, if any, to protect the property and liberty rights of the owners and tenants of these developments in the large and smaller cities, major and even minor towns spread all across the country. This paper traces the effect on the rights of the owners and potential effects on urban services and hence rights to honourable civic life. A failure to address this will leave a substantial population living under Residential Private Governments as second-class citizens.