DKDaniel Kramer

1. Article · Aug 3, 2026 · Daniel Kramer, Michigan State University and Madeline Carr, Michigan State University

   HOAs are often barriers to sustainable landscaping and solar energy – here’s how they could be bridges instead (opens the original)

   Excerpt · English

   Read excerpt

   (EAST LANSING, MICH.) If you build a house in the United States today, there’s a good chance you’ll be living under the dictates of a neighborhood homeowners association – roughly two out of every three new homes are in an HOA, as are a third of existing homes. Some of these HOAs have evolved to encourage environmentally friendly yards, particularly in the desert Southwest, but many more throw up barriers to sustainability, even in communities where water is becoming more scarce, wildlife

   Feedback

Last 90 days. Choose a month to open its work.

Named in the text we hold. One piece can cover several.

• Google Earth1 piece
• Wikimedia Commons1 piece
• United States1 piece
• Denver Post1 piece
• Michigan State1 piece
• Michigan State University1 piece