A GROUP of homeowners have slammed their HOA after a mass of dead fish has been left to rot in their neighborhood.

Residents of Avalon in Moody, Alabama have been watching their local pond dry up due to a lack of rainfall.

As a result, what equates to a large puddle of water has been left and it is full of dead fish.

According to WBRC, around a dozen residents in the neighborhood are frustrated with the prolonged stench of rotting fish.

One homeowner told the news outlet how the stench had entered his home with fish carcasses on his doorstep.

“With it drying up, there’s just been a ton of dead fish, and all of the fish is literally at my backdoor,” he said.

“The smell was getting bad in the neighborhood. Now it went from the neighborhood, and now it’s inside the house.”

The man noted that he approached his homeowner’s association, but claimed that nothing had been done.

“Our HOA is the same HOA where if you have a welcome sign at your front door, you’ll get a $50 fine,” he said.

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“So, it’s just very strict, and I feel like it’s the HOA’s responsibility to do that.”

With members of the association paying thousands of dollars in dues every year, the resident said he is shocked that nothing had been done to remove the fish.

He argued that the money paid to the HOA by the community should be used to clear up the pond.

As far as locals are concerned, the fish issue causes a bigger problem for the neighborhood than an overgrown front yard, for which they receive fines.

“We pay the highest in HOA dues, and the rules here are so much stricter than they are anywhere else,” the homeowner argued.

“I get having the rules keeping yards clean, not having trash cars in your driveway.

“I don’t think it’s too much to ask to pull the money out and put some Lyme on this fish to get it to go away pretty quick.”

A statement was given to the news outlet by the HOA saying: “The Avalon Board of Directors is aware of this issue, cares about the residents, and is in the process of handling this.”

With only one morning of rain forecast in the area over the next 10 days, it seems that the pond will not be restored to its usual glory for many weeks.

The U.S. Sun has reached out to the Homeowner’s Association for comment.