More Rain!!!

It rains here all the time! In the past two weeks we have had about 10 inches of rain. Everything is soaked and today after some more heavy rain and wind, part of out neighbors yard(trees and all) slid into the creek. It is no good. It is way to close to our property line for us to be comfortable. The lot next door was cleared a year ago and there was to be a house built, but to date, nothing has happened other than all the trees were torn down. With the trees gone our house has been exposed to damaging winds resulting in us needing a new roof. It has also caused run-off problems for the neighbors on the other side. It is not that we don't want a house built, but that we feel there is no reason for the lot to be sitting cleared and vacant for over a year. We have approached our HOA about the issues, but have not gotten far. Now, with the landslide, we are heading to the County tomorrow. I just don't understand why you would clear a lot to NOT build. Or why the HOA would let this happen. The bylaws state that you must submit building plans before clearing a lot, so what happened here?

Well, here are some pictures of the landslide: