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HOA problems

What to do when a homeowners association is overreaching, inactive, or not responding.

Before you rely on thisThese are older articles and answers, and laws and programs change and vary by place. For current rules, check with your association's governing documents and your state's HOA laws.

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  1. Guide

    A Good Homeowners Association Solves Problems Quickly and Calmly

    When a homeowners association board is chosen carefully, receives training, and treats residents respectfully, all HOA members benefit.

  2. Visitor question

    HOA board getting too powerful

    Last Reviewed: July 4, 2024 Visitor Question: What is the best way to campaign for being elected to my HOA board? I think the board we have now is making

  3. Visitor question

    Non-functioning HOA

    Visitor Question: In the State of Ohio, the developer has deeded the common properties to the HOA. Included in the common properties is a vacant lot to

  4. Visitor question

    How HOA Can Enforce Covenants

    Visitor Question: I'm under contract to purchase a property in a gated community that has an HOA (homeowners association) and have actually read all 42

  5. Visitor question

    Management company hired by HOA did not respond

    Visitor Question: We purchased a new home with CCRs. We sent a certified letter to the HOA company asking for a waiver on the jet ski being parked in the

  6. Visitor question

    Should the HOA board give notice of meetings?

    Visitor Question: Some of my neighbors and I are having an issue with our HOA. They are threatening to make new rules that pertain to only the six or seven

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Original guidance from A Good Community: How to Make and Keep It, owned and edited by Nancy Thompson (formerly Useful Community Development), shared with permission. Community Compass notes and updates are our own and have not been reviewed by Nancy Thompson.