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An Introduction to Community Association Living
The purpose of An Introduction to Community Association Living is to introduce homeowners to community associations, provide a greater understanding of exactly how a community association works from both an organizational and people standpoint, and to endow home-owners with the information necessary for fully enjoying and benefiting from community association living.
Best Practices #9 – Green Communities (Published by Community Associations Institute Research Foundation)
This report, published by the Foundation for Community Associations Research, explores “greenness” in communities, in their varied forms. It considers the concept of sustainability through better designs, new technologies and social innovations. Sustainable communities are developed to meet the “needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.” Go to Resource
Best Practices Report #7 Transition (Published by Community Association Institute Research Foundation)
Since the early 1970s, community associations—condominium associations, cooperatives, and homeowner associations—in the United States have experienced exponential growth. It is anticipated that this growth will continue for the foreseeable future for generally the same reasons as in the past—that is a combination of regulatory pressures as well as the need for a housing alternative thatGo to Resource
Best Practices #6 Energy Efficiency (Published by Community Association Institute Research Foundation)
As of 2002, there are 240,000 community associations–condominium associations, cooperatives, and homeowners associations–in the United States, representing nearly 20 million homes and 45 million people. Currently, the average U.S. family spends nearly $1,300 a year on energy bills, with much of that energy being wasted due to air leaks, inefficient appliances and a general lackGo to Resource