What the Peachtree Village Neighborhood Union Is All About

On May 14, 2025, a brand-new organization was created in order to defend everyone in the Peachtree Village community (that is, all residents and non-resident homeowners) from HOA bullying, harassment, and financial extortion, as well as, to serve as a “watchdog” over the HOA’s spending and all other practices that adversely affect the peace and dignity of everyone who lives in our neighborhood—the Peachtree Village Neighborhood Union!

After many years of neglect to take care of the real problems our community faces—litter from passersby, potholes on our streets, retaining walls falling down, unsustainable greenbelt landscaping, over-priced contracts handed out to landscapers or management companies, monthly dues raised without proper approval, dilapidated utility box eyesores, threatening signage illegally mimicking City ordinances, confusion about where to park vehicles, no mediation to help neighbors resolve disputes, and many others, all the while, focusing on taking our money, and constantly sowing division, suspicion and fostering bigotry! They learned how they could usurp and maintain control over our lives and the most precious aspect of them—the places we call “home,” by spewing propaganda specifically-designed to turn us one against the other, so we would be distracted from what THEY were doing wrong and failing to do right!

But now we are uniting to take back control of our lives, of our homes, of our peace and our dignity! With the formation of the Peachtree Village Neighborhood Union, we now have an organized group of neighbors who are committed to defending those who have, until now, been so bullied, intimidated, threatened and financially extorted! From now on, any time the HOA harasses or threatens our residents or non-resident homeowners, they will not have to face them alone, but all of us, together!

Our Union will now keep a close eye on what the HOA is doing with our money. We won’t merely take their word at face value, but demand they provide the actual records (as is our right to inspect according to our By-Laws), everything from receipts to election sign-in sheets and proxies, to show us what they’re doing.

We’ll be educating our neighbors, so they will no longer be in the dark about what their rights are. Knowledge is power, and we’ll do all we can to help one another become fully-informed about what an HOA can and cannot legally get away with doing.

Of course, it would be nice if our HOA actually gave a care about us people! It would be nice if they treated everyone, equally, as a human being, as a person, as a neighbor. But we know that’s not what they’re all about. To the HOA, our homes are nothing but “houses,” the value of which is only determined by their financial, investment worth, and the real irony is that they can’t even get that right! They completely fail to understand that, the more they dehumanize, the more they disenfranchise, the more they make people feel like the place they lay their heads at night is not their home, but just some building where they have no say, it becomes more a prison…and when this happens, of course, people are not very inclined to maintain it well!

We’ll also do our best to help our HOA understand the impact of their behavior, though this will probably be one of our most daunting tasks! Right now, our HOA has no clue that, when they spy on us, for the purpose of finding something they consider wrong, followed by an entirely subjective judgment and a threat unless you obey their dictates…they have ALREADY RUINED any good chance of inspiring folks to take good care of their home! It’s a lot like when a gangster walks up to someone on his “turf,” in order to “mug” her, that is, stare at her in a very condescending and threatening way. While from a far distance, it may appear no different than when someone simply looks at another, but with a sense of respect. However, to the person who is subjected to the “spying mug,” especially when the spy is taking photos, writing down notes all for the purpose of finding fault, it is already, an offensive act! This is just one of the many practices about which people in HOA positions of authority are oblivious to, or worse, may even be quite aware of how offensive their behaviors are, but commit them anyway!

This is why we have a two-fold mission. The first is to defend our neighbors using every legal means at our disposal. But in the long run, we will need to change the many unjust laws which HOA lobbyists have convinced our lawmakers to write, often with the help of generous financial contributions! Today, our Texas Property Code is very weak on resident and non-resident homeowner protections. These protections must be strengthened! Therefore, we will need to do our own lobbying to let our legislators know they need to listen to us, their constituents, not those who seek only to profit at the expense of our freedom.

We ask, then, for everyone in our community to support our efforts to be your shield of defense. Spread the word! Let your neighbors know, especially those who’ve been walked over and are, now, cowering in fear, that they need not cower any longer!