Association rules should enhance or improve the community’s safety, value or well-being. They shouldn’t encroach on residents’ personal lives.

Arizona HOAs are encouraged to embrace the opportunity to give owners the option to switch from natural to synthetic grass.

The purpose of a pet policy is to balance the wants and needs of pet families with the wants and needs of non-pet residents.

A policy clearly outlines why and how security cameras are used for your HOA. The more detailed the policy is, the better.

Associations are obligated to help members resolve issues. However, they can’t mediate every time two neighbors get into an argument.

From time to time, rules will need to be amended to reflect the current needs or situation of the condo or HOA.

This latest set of changes should help promote digital communications, make it easier for California HOAs to fill vacant board positions.

To ensure a fair voting process during an HOA election, it’s important for association members to be aware of their rights and obligations.

A condo or HOA may have stringent requirements regarding short-term rentals. All owners are obligated to follow these rules.

CC&Rs help to ensure all members of a planned community know what they can and cannot do with their property.

Architectural guidelines, design rules or architectural standards establish an HOA’s policies and procedures for changes to an owner’s property.

Selective enforcement is when a homeowners association enforces a rule against some, but not all homeowners.

If you live in or manage a homeowners association, you know that there are pages of rules to follow. At some point, whether on purpose or by accident, someone will break one of those rules. When this happens, the board of directors must try to help the owner correct the behaviour or action so that […]

While the FHA seems straightforward, it can be hard for HOAs to balance individual needs of owners with collective needs of the association.

Does living in an HOA impact what owners can do when it comes to surveillance cameras? Yes, but owners should still be able to use them.