Right to dry: Legislative action needed in 48 states

[politicat]

The Right to Dry is the goal of Project Laundry list, an advocacy organization dedicated to regaining the right of all people to hang their laundry outside to dry. Those of us lucky enough to live in Florida and Utah are exempt.

We need to make this a reality in the remaining states because, with energy becoming progressively more scarce, laundry is going to become a major household expense and already is a major consumer of household energy. Using the sun would be good for all of us.

http://www.laundrylist.org/advocacy/righttodry.htm

From their website:

Many people in the United States are not allowed to hang out their clothes to dry in the sun. Community covenants, landlord prohibitions, and zoning laws are the three primary means of stopping people from using clotheslines. State legislators are encouraged to introduce "Right to Dry" legislation to stem this growing problem.

Please consider handing the text of the bill to your legislators this session.

[NMDemDist2]

1. that's nutz! but I know some homeowners assoc. here wouldn't allow

it

:crazy:

[politicat]

2. It's more likely that you're not allowed to dry than you are up here.

And my mom said the same in Mesa (she of the "I can't sleep in a bed with dryer dried sheets because they smell funny"....)

I'm talking to my city council about it after elections. In the part of town I live in, DH's undies aren't going to bring down property values, so there's no reason to have this law in effect in my community.

[UrbScotty]

3. That's actually ILLEGAL?!

:wtf:

[politicat]

4. Yep.

Municipalities and mostly Homeowners' associations, rental management companies and neighborhood associations make regulations that forbid it. My mother had a hell of a time in her old house because the HOAs make these community ordinances so tough. You can be sued in a typical covenant controlled community for a clothesline.

The idea is to make the state or local law override any covenant or HOA requirement.