In most litigation cases, you can’t get your attorneys fees back. But HOA litigation is different. The California legislature recognized that if attorneys’ fees weren’t available, CC&Rs would be largely unenforceable. Litigation is expensive. Often, the cost of litigation is so prohibitive that HOAs would run roughshod over homeowners, secure in the knowledge that it would be just too expensive to fight back or that the cost of fighting back would dwarf the benefit of winning.