A TENANT has revealed that they’re forced to foot a pricy water bill due to an HOA rule that requires them to maintain and run the sprinklers for most of the day.

The disgruntled renter took to Reddit after they admitted that they were at risk of losing their home for not following HOA rules.

The poster, who rents in Salem, Oregon revealed that her landlord forced them to keep the sprinklers on to appease the HOA.

The landlord told them that the lawn needed to be “75% green,” which would require more money from the renter than they were willing to pay.

“I am fighting this since I believe it is the landlord’s responsibility to maintain the lawn (there is a landscaping company that does maintenance). I am wondering why should I pay to water the lawn?” they asked.

On top of the high water bill, the landlord recently increased their rent, making the cost of living much higher for the poster.

“I have received calls from the leasing company that I am violating HOA regulations. Does this sound absurd?” the Redditor asked.

The leasing office reminded the Redditor that they could terminate their lease over the incident.

While the poster was looking for help from others, commenters claimed there was nothing else they could do about the matter.

“As a tenant, you are required to follow the same rules that everyone else abides by in the HOA,” one person wrote.

“If the HOA has a rule that the lawn has to be ‘75% green’, then you need to water it so that it’s 75% green. Being a renter doesn’t absolve you from HOA rules.”

Another person mentioned that fighting the rule could have been written already as a violation of their lease.

“Read your lease. If you are not following the HOA guidelines, then fines are being levied against the owner, ” another person wrote.

“Your lease should also stipulate what the grounds are lease termination…. failure to follow HOA rules and/or incurring fines may very well be grounds for lease termination.”

Unfortunately, this is not the only time an HOA forced a community to follow outlandish rules.

Homeowners in Frisco, Texas, revealed that they will receive a large fine for parking their cars in their driveway.

Vehicles are required to be parked inside their driveways with the door closed.

If residents fail to move their vehicles after a courtesy notice was issued, they could be subject to a $500 fee.

The chairman of the community Security committee, Rob Zivney, said the rule was mainly for resident’s protection.

He revealed that within a four month span, one vehicle break-in per month was reported.

“I got more complaints we don’t want to see crime by having cars park out on the driveway,” he told The Dallas Morning News in 2015.

“I got complaints frankly that we weren’t enforcing the rules.”