HOA Blocked me from Facebook group for owners - should I fie a discrimination suit?

I think you have a leg to stand on. However, if you have no hard proof that this is happening because of your race, religion, ethnicity or sexual orientation, thenn in my experience, your hiring an attorney would likely be necessary.

past admin was a board member (the one who blocked me while still a board member) & still is admin...another board member is moderator...my friend took picture for me - since they blocked me the group doesn't show on my searches...I hand wrote a letter to the board president telling him I found it discriminatory and past posts to be defamatory (I did copy one thread)....no response nor any action...now, am being singled out "selective enforcement".....

I'm sorry. However, social media is not the only way to get a message out.
Knocking on doors, Sending mailings, Holding socials and talking to people are all tried and true ways to get a message out.

Regarding you being blocked from the group, as others have said, if this is the official Association platform, you have some standing (it won't matter who the admin was). However, if it is a non-official social media platform for the community, you do not.

Things that might help your case:

Group was publicized by the Association.
The Association has no other website you can be/are a part of.

Keep in mind that legal action, which is what I think you are inferring, takes time, energy and money. What goal do you think you would want to make you whole? Admittance back into the group by force? Prove a principal that they were wrong for taking that action? etc.

Legal action divides the community.
That is typically not a good platform to run on (if you are still interested in serving on the board).

Tim

What is it that Marc's Brother said? "I would not belong to a group that would allow someone like me into their group?" This after he successfully sued a club that didn't allow him in?

So what if you can't get onto the Facebook page of your HOA? There are other ways to communicate. Plus Facebook eventually will go away. It is also up to the admins to decide whom to allow or not allow if it is a PRIVATE group.

Whatever reason YOU are assigning the reason to being is NOT the reason they are. You won't accept the reason they give you anyways are you? It's always going to be YOUR reason. So do what you have to do. Although suing your HOA is suing yourself and your neighbors. It's not going to do you any favors when the other members hear you took that kind of action. You going to sue others for complaining about your lawsuit too?

Hi,

I understand your frustration and your claims may be true. However, you would need to demonstrate that discrimination occurred and take the issue to a judge. Are you willing to invest your time and money into this? If you don't have a strong case, you will end up having to pay expensive attorney fees.

This is my belief also.

Then again, you stated you are not an owner. Was one of the FB group requirements that you be an owner?

I'd mentioned in a different thread that this is the big problem with allowing homeowners to post on official HOA websites or social media pages.

In order to protect the HOA from liability, the HOA has to control what is published on their sites. This means that the board needs to approve and enforce Terms of Service that will include removing inappropriate posts and even banning users who repeatedly violate the Terms. That's a problem if the site is being used to communicate important information to all homeowners.