I can't believe this .so I'm out cycling this morning and I'm

Solution to this is easy. HOA has it torn down and hauled away. HOA maintains the grass on the lot weekly so it's not an eyesore. HOA places a lien on the property so that when this company that owns it tries to sell the property the HOA gets it's money back. If they don;t sell it soon enough the HOA has the legal authority to foreclose on the property and they can get the money back that way.
My neighbor here in Sand Creek has some kids toys in his driveway. My property is spotless but I repaired a fence and I had 15 old fence pickets bundled up neatly next ton the garage waiting for garbage day to put them out. Both he and I received warning letters that we had to clean up our "clutter". Yet a home like this is left for over half a year now. No bueno.

Ticagro : Yeah this is the joke of it all. HOA is really a bully dog for those who comply and make no trouble. Anyone who does create issues gets warning letters with no action following up. They should have some sense of urgency at what this does to folks trying to sell on that street and the garbage and rats that come to these properties.

MissAmericanPie : Holy freakin cow!!

I am sure there is more to it. Legally

Txbutterfly : No doubt about it…and insurance…I wonder if there is a claim pending and a stall there. But it's a tear down situation from what I've seen neighbors saying. But neighbors complained that kids were going in it and playing. So somehow the fence did get put up around it to keep them from playing in there thankfully.Rental companies are different than dealing with home owners. So there's that.

MissAmericanPie : I saw nothing has been done with this house when I was in Elm Grove last week. It is surprising it has not been demolished. I don't think it is worth trying to repair it. It is odd I get a letter when my grass is an inch to long but this house is still there like that! I don't live in Elm Grove but I am sure their HOA rules are just about the same as the ones in my neighborhood. I have to wonder if people in Elm Grove are still getting letters about small things like over grown lawns, mold, and clutter.

Ticagro : I got a few sad faces on my comments above. My comments are based upon the remarks that this isn't owned by a family, the house is owned by a corporation that's in the rental home business. I have no sympathy for these often predatory corporations at all. They get no quarter from me.
If this is in fact a family owned home then of course we need to show compassion and patience while they try to deal with what would certainly be a horrific situation.
As for the HOA comments I made, I believe in HOA's and I think they are necessary here in our area where we have no zoning rules at all. The HOA is all that keeps us from living next door to a gas station or a junkyard. My frustration is that sometimes they show misplaced priorities.

Likely caught up in a Insurance dispute....

Toohot :
Oh I'm sure they are. But they just don't seem to take major offenders to the next level. Or maybe they are and we just don't know it.

Ticagro :
Due to Texas law the HOA cannot step foot on the property without the owners permission.

MissAmericanPie :
I love riding around and looking at houses and gardening styles. After Harvey flooded Fosters Mill there was a house in Foster Mill Estates that was left abandoned. It look awful. across the street and next door were beautiful homes that looked like they cost millions of dollars. And yet this horrible site was left for over 5 years untouched. I thought how awful it would be to have a house across the street that looks so bad. But it happens even in the most expensive neighborhoods. I would freak out. But that is just me.

MissAmericanPie : From someone who served on the HOA the major offenses are the toughest there is a lot of red tape involved once the issue goes to legal.. it can take years. There is a process that is very tedious... for example: (just an example I have not served for about 10 years, but it was in Kingwood)
If someone has a camper parked in the driveway this is an offense... It is something like 3 letters and then a certified letter before it can go to legal.... The problem is as soon as the issue is corrected it starts back at step 1. So John Doe is working on his camper in the driveway... A letter is sent...... A couple weeks later a second letter is sent.... The 3rd letter is sent a month later and then the homeowner removes the camper..... A month later the camper is back being worked on. The process does not pick up where it left off it goes back to step 1. Same for an unkept yard.... So to get to legal it can take a long time.... The HOA does not have the power many think that they do.... It is most annoying to those of us who care about the neighborhood and our property and get a oops letter....when you see so many other homes in much worse shape but it would appear nothing is being done...

GoldenGirl : I ran into one over 45 years ago. Before I left SoCal the house across the street from me burned and I was involved with rebuilding it. The owner and long time friend was also a contractor. During the time we were working on the house we became aware of another house a mile away that had burned. Having a real estate license I investigated it looking for the owner and the opportunity to rebuild it. The owner was an attorney that had a 1st, 2nd, 3rd..........7th mortgage on the house. He had it mortgaged for 2½ times what it would have been worth repaired. The last few mortage holders finally realized they had been taken by the lawyer and refused to sign off on the insurance checks realizing they weren't going to see their money and would only be helping this crooked attorney. Don't know how it finally got resolved but it sat there for over a year and a half with nothing done by the time I left for Texas.

Ticagro : If I had given you a sad face on this one it would have been for the neighbors who have had to endure this for months and months!