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I live in Blackbird Farms a neighborhood located in West Lafayette IN, where my Home Owners Association (HOA) bans permanent outdoor clotheslines. So, for the past two years, whenever the weather is absolutely beautiful I place my foldable hanger on the lawn, tie a line between two trees to hang the rest of my laundry and go about my day feeling good that I ‘harvested’ some of the sun’s free energy, spent some time outdoors and will shortly have a great smelling load of laundry. Yet this weekend I was approached by the HOA president who informed me that while I am not currently breaking the HOA rules, since I take down the line and bring my hanger inside at the end of the day, the HOA board will most likely have a vote at the next meeting banning all outdoor clothes drying and he just wanted to inform me of this impeding change.