Meeting minutes are an official, legally binding record of the actions taken by board members at a board meeting.

As a member of a homeowners’ association (HOA), you’re legally required to follow all rules and regulations. At first glance, having rules for a neighborhood or community may seem restrictive;...

Rising home prices, record debt levels, and high medical costs, among other contributing factors, have converged in recent years to push homeownership further out of reach for aspiring buyers.

IF LIFE WERE A BASEBALL GAME, homeownership would be like sliding into home base. Just as players reach for the plate with their outstretched fingers, aspiring homeowners reach for their...

Some families prefer to store their emergency supplies in one location. Choose a place in your home that would be relatively safe in the event of an earth­quake

This booklet is designed to provide initial guidance on various community association topics, including board member positions, qualifications, meetings, governing documents, and more.

A Step-by-Step Nonprofit’s Guide to Planning, Publicizing, and Hosting a Candidate Forum

Sample House Rules

The topic of Indigenous mobilization has resulted in decades of studies that show that little has been done to address why Indigenous people are choosing to relocate to urban areas,...

Humans can live several weeks – even months without food, but can survive only a few days without water. Every system in our body uses water. Drinking water and other...

This focus is informed by the powerful connection between homelessness and access to housing people can afford.

When considering whether and how to address the issue of housing affordability, policymakers seeking to base their decisions on empirical evidence will encounter gaps in the existing research.

To illuminate regional trends in housing affordability in Southern Maine, we analyzed historic data from the Maine Housing Authority, detailing homeownership and rental affordability throughout the state. This report aims...

Housing stakeholders – including lawmakers, developers, community advocates, and local residents – must be prepared to evaluate their local housing markets and effectively advocate for housing policies in diverse communities...

We were motivated to undertake this Cooperative Housing Compendium because it was the first time the State of California had a Center focused on all types of cooperatives.

Sample Housing Coop Lease

The Petitioner, City of Iowa City's Board of Review, reclassified 18 properties held by eleven multiple housing cooperatives from commercial to residential for property tax purposes.

It focuses mainly on aspects common to most housing co-operatives, frequently using as an example a small primary housing co-operative which wishes to construct new housing.

Thinking of buying a cooperatively owned house or apartment? If you are, you may have noticed that housing co-ops are a bit different than other types of homeownership.

A housing cooperative is a legal corporation. Members of the cooperative live in the cooperative and run it—from organizing social activities to maintenance, to handling finances and landscaping. Members set...

The policy templates in the guidance can be adapted to produce what is appropriate for local circumstances. It will require governing bodies of CLH organizations to carefully consider each issue...

Opinions expressed here are based on partial and largely outdated data. Moreover, at this time, there is considerable uncertainty about the economic outlook for Canada, which complicates the development of...

BC Housing considers the needs of all municipalities in the province during deliberations on the location of new affordable housing projects. The objective of such broad-based decision-making is to ensure...

They may be used as model rules freely and without charge by any not-for-profit group of persons wishing to establish a housing co-operative that is governed by a General Meeting...