Is there any contracts or anything written out? I bought a house on a dead end that is responsible for plow costs (private road) and insuring a small parcel of private land that is right off the road owned by the association.
the plow costs are split between everyone... my HOA dues are 625$ a year.
The house I bought was in litigation with a builder for a while and when settled, back dues were paid... so even though nobody was living in the home and it wasn’t even finished... the owner of the property was responsible for their portion of the dues.
My take... he owns the property... he should chip in... who knows what kind of emergency access he may need, or if he ever decides he wants to visit the plot