Cohousing-L Mailing List: HOA fees

[Fred H Olson (fholson]

SALLY COLLINGS <sallyjcollings [at] btinternet.com>
is the author of the message below.  It was posted by
Fred, the Cohousing-L list manager <fholson [at] cohousing.org>
deleteing quoted digest.

HOA stands for "homeowner association" so HOA fees are used to pay
for common expenses of a community.  The term comes from the
condominium form of organization which is widely used in the US for
cohousing since funding is more readily available (mortgages) than
for cooperative shares.

I urge posters to explain abbreviations when they are first used.
When they are not, I suggest readers try http://wikipedia.org for
an explanation.  While the page returned by searching for "HOA" there
is not relevant, the first link:
> For other uses, see HOA (disambiguation).
has 9 other uses of the abbreviation one of which is fairly
clearly the relevant use.

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Thanks very much for all the recent ideas on Common House design
Very helpful.

I find the posts really interesting but some of the US language is
mysterious to me - as mine is to you.

I can guess what a janitor is and I've heard of condos - though we
have caretakers and flats here in UK.

Now, what are HOA fees?

Cheers,
Sally Collings
http://www.bridportcohousing.co.uk