I am an appraiser and before I go any farther: each State's appraisal board (assuming your State has one) view issues such as this very differently and State boards are the police of our industry; I am not certified in your State and will not profess to have all of the answers; I am making lots of assumptions because I do not know your property and am operating on limited data.

Shot first let the police sort out the details since I have the right to defend my property.Example: I go on a year long trip to Africa.

The city has police powers, the HOA does not, the city governs.

I cannot validate the veracity of my claims apart from watching the blight creep into what was once beautiful neighborhoods across the city.That said, the city/county receives casino monies via an agreement negotiated with the state between all the parties resulting in some work on the parks, roads and infrastructure in general along with increased police presence.  

They may walk away with a heavy guilt burden, because they were "self-policing" by reducing their price to what they felt was fair given the condition of the house. 

You could definitely see the old neighborhoods start to get a little more polished.

Talk to workers at the local police station3.

I contacted the local police department who stated that AC was a luxury and not a necessity.  

Two women police officers - we were begging to be handcuffed.

Steal a person's house the police defend the thief against the owner and the courts provide a poverty pimp lawyer to slow the eviction down.