Age-restricted community

These might include a clubhouse or lifestyle center with a good many activities, sometimes with indoor and outdoor swimming pools, exercise facilities, craft rooms, demonstration kitchens, and decks and patios for gathering.

[14] With most age restricted communities, there are homeowner association (HOA) fees that cover services and amenities to resident such as golf courses, game nights, clubhouses, pools, and landscaping.

Arguably, even developers of aged-restricted communities may incorporate such abuse into their business models, e.g., home warranty and defective building claims are successfully overcame merely by delaying long enough (through promised but undelivered remedies, slow customer service departments, and litigation) to outlive elderly claimants, even those with heirs who may simply wish to settle probate and move on with their own lives.

Reliance on a property management company may also expose elderly residents to less vigilance or careful treatment for their safety and thrift in contracting for maintenance, repairs, and other expenses.

Despite the popularity of age restricted HOAs, residents thereof may face certain drawbacks as described above, which local authorities may not be eager to address given the revenue streams related to residential construction and increased population.

Some critiques of how HOAs operate exist and offer greater scrutiny along the lines of this particular criticism (and many persuasive arguments for readers' consideration, i.e., such as the following citation focusing on the problem of volunteer board members ruling on upholding fines assessed by a for profit management company against other Lot Owners.