HOA Not Enforcing Trash Rules, Allowing Trash to Be Piled Up

[Caleb Gowan]

Usually HOA's are headaches because of their overbearing requirements, but what do you do when the HOA isn't performing? We have a condo (really a townhome but run as a condo) where the other residents pile trash outside on a regular basis, not in cans (per HOA regulations), and the rats get into it and scatter it. It literally smells like a dumpster right in front of our condo. Further, the trash company the HOA uses routinely misses trash day for a variety of reasons, and when they do come they don't get all of the trash!

I've tried attending HOA meetings, sending pictures with multiple emails, etc. What else can I do to 1) Protect my investment and 2) Help my tenants have a decent place to live?