Board operations

A homeowner’s association serves a community in many ways. Depending on the nature of your HOA, it might maintain common buildings, handle major repairs, deal with rules violations, and plan social functions. These are multi-faceted organizations, run by volunteers who are also members of the community they serve. Too…

Some HOA board members embark on the position with full understanding of what’s involved. Most, however, do not. You join to help your community, maybe make some changes to how the association is being run, and meet new people. The truth is, even though board members are volunteers, these positions come with a lot of…

When you picture an HOA board meeting what comes to mind? Unfortunately, some of you have only memories of chaos and conflict. An unstructured meeting can devolve as emotions take over. You don’t want your board meetings to give people nightmares. Some HOAs are tempted to give them up altogether. People are busy…

Your homeowner’s association does more than collect fees and repair fences. To best serve your community, your HOA has rules and regulations about how it operates. The HOA board and its members follow these rules to keep the community running smoothly. These basic rules, for both the HOA and its members, are contained…

The Declaration of Covenants, Codes & Restrictions (CC&Rs) is a legal document that describes the rules and responsibilities of a community governed by an HOA. These CC&Rs are defined in the interest of the community to protect and improve property values for all its residents. In an HOA, every homeowner must abide by…

Many homeowners reside in a housing subdivision, planned development or condominium with an accompanying homeowners association (HOA). An HOA is a legal organization that represents its homeowners’ collective interests. To do so, the HOA governs the community through Covenants, Codes & Restrictions (CC&Rs). While each…