We need your help!

A little town (Ruxton) outside outside of Baltimore has become a flashpoint for a national issue possibly affecting all homeowners and associations and we need your help.

Please visit our website (www.naspgh.com) which provides a link to our Facebook page. We are trying to start a national grass roots campaign to stop something that is happening in our community and could happen to communities across the country.

Please show your support by clicking "Like" on our Facebook page, sending this to your neighbors, and writing your congressman.

Thank you for your support. Kind regards, Ken Wahler

Since Susan took the time to look at the site and comment, I thought I could take the time as well. Unfortunately the site provided really doesn't give a whole lot of information.

Basically it appears that Sheppard Pratt (based on a google search) is a health care provider specializing in various mental disorders. I gather from the limited information provided on the posters site that this center purchased a property within their HOA for use as a group home. Probably providing out-patient services. However, there is no information provided on what type of group home would be provided.

I agree with Susan, that the HOA is going to have major issues in trying to keep them out.

However, I can also understand the concerns of the residents.

IF the CC&R's specify that no business was to be conducted out of the lots, the HOA might have a case. However, it would be a long costly legal battle probably running into the several hundred of thousand dollars (as appeal after appeal would probably be done). I'm not sure any membership would be willing to pony up the cash for a legal battle with only a 50/50 chance of winning.

I am curious if the membership would be raising a similar fuss if this was a fisher house used for our service members.

Tim