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A homeowners' association (abbrev. HOA) is a legal entity created by a real estate developer
for the purpose of developing, managing and selling a development of
homes. It allows the developer to exit financial and legal
responsibility of the community, typically by transferring ownership of
the association to the homeowners after selling off a predetermined
number of lots. It allows the municipality to increase its tax base,
but reduce the amount of services it would ordinarily have to provide
to non-homeowners association developments. This article covers this
type of HOA.
Most homeowners' associations are non-profit corporations,
and are subject to state statutes that govern non-profit corporations
and homeowners' associations. State oversight of homeowners
associations is inconsistent from state to state. Some states have a
strong body of homeowner association law such as Florida and
California, and some states have virtually no homeowner association law
such as Massachusetts.
The fastest growing form of housing in the United States today is
common-interest developments (CIDs), a category that includes
planned-unit developments of
single-family homes,
condominiums, and
cooperative apartments. Since 1964, homeowners' associations have become increasingly common in the USA. The
Community Associations Institute trade association estimated that HOAs governed 23 million American homes and 57 million residents in 2006.
