I have recently started renting a home with my cousin and a friend in a community in Harris county. The HOA has parking stickers that you must apply for. We applied for the stickers and asked for a street parking exemption because the driveway is too steep for two of the three cars to be parked in the garage. The HOA parking board declined to give us an exemption because we are in violation of the single family home statue of the HOA rules. The HOA then told us we have 30 days to no longer have any cars on the street or they will start towing the vehicles.
Since then we alerted the home owner to the problem and he has asked us to re-fill out the lease agreement to claim that all three of us are cousins.
My questions are: Is the HOA allowed to not give us the exemptions because we are not all related?
Is the lease we signed with the owner void because he knowingly rented a home in violation of HOA agreement?
Can we terminate the lease because the owner is asking us to commit fraud?
Should we under any circumstances agree to fill out the new lease knowing that we are not actually all related?
Thanks for any insight.
Since then we alerted the home owner to the problem and he has asked us to re-fill out the lease agreement to claim that all three of us are cousins.
My questions are: Is the HOA allowed to not give us the exemptions because we are not all related?
Is the lease we signed with the owner void because he knowingly rented a home in violation of HOA agreement?
Can we terminate the lease because the owner is asking us to commit fraud?
Should we under any circumstances agree to fill out the new lease knowing that we are not actually all related?
Thanks for any insight.