One homeowner was blindsided by a demand from their HOA to follow a complicated approval process a year after their solar panels were put in place. “I hired a company to install solar panels on my roof last year,” the homeowner explained in a Reddit post on r/HOA. “The HOA has asked me to file for retroactive ‘permission’ with a form for the HOA architectural committee wanting photos of the panel layout from above, and all data sheets for the product.”