Forming A Home Owners Association Why Organize? Residents of any manufactured home park should join together with their neighbors to form a homeowners association (also known as an HOA). The concept is simple: there is great strength in numbers. Homeowners associations give structure and legitimacy to any group of neighbors who want to organize to protect and improve their community. Homeowners associations strengthen the voices of mobile/manufactured homeowners in negotiation, and help them to: preserve property values, create safe neighborhoods, and ensure that park management complies with the law. In short: they are assets to the parks, and the community as a whole! Legal Protections: Several states have laws that give residents of a manufactured/mobile home park the right to organize resident’s associations and usually include provisions similar to the following. You need to check with your state to see if you have these types of protections. If not, a good first step is to work towards similar protections (1) Residents in mobile home parks shall have the right to form associations comprised of residents of the mobile home park in which they reside. (2) The membership of the homeowners association may elect officers of the association at a meeting where a majority of the members are present. (3) Except in emergency situations, there shall be seven days' notice of an association meeting to all residents of the park. All residents of the park, even if not members of the association, may attend association meetings. The park operator and non-resident employees shall not: (a) be members of the association; (b) attend meetings unless invited by the association; (c) unlawfully interfere with the operation of the association; or (d) interfere with a resident's right to contact a state or local health department, a municipality, or other group to complain about the health and safety conditions of the mobile home park. (4) A homeowners association may not impose fees, dues, or assessments, upon its members unless a majority of the members agree to the assessment of fees, dues, or assessments. (5) The park operator shall permit meetings by any homeowners association located within the park relating to manufactured home living or social or education purposes, including forums for or speeches by public officials or candidates for public office. (6) Homeowners associations may schedule with the park operator the use of the common facilities of the park, if any, free of charge. However, the homeowners association shall be responsible for any damage to the common facilities caused by a member of the homeowners association while a common facility is in use by the homeowners association Available PDF Documents Presentation Forming a HOA . . MHOAA Brochure Membership Application HOA Start Up Guide Manufactured Home Owners Association of America, Inc., 2501 Lowry Avenue NE, Lot I-27, St. Anthony Village, MN 55418  -  603 520-0955 Send email with questions or comments about this web site to.   Content copyright © 2006 - 2010 Manufactured Home Owners Association of America a Non-Profit Organization - Last modified: 01/05/2010 Website management & design © 1998-2010 WMBaird all rights reserved.    These symbols or the letters (PDF) indicate that the document is in Adobe Acrobat Portable Document Format.To view PDF files, you will need the Adobe Acrobat Reader which is available for free from Adobe at : DISCLAIMER: Even though we have reasonably inspected every advertiser, Manufactured Home Owners Association of America and Auchmeddan (WMBaird) does not accept any responsibility, whatsoever, for the content or legality of any product, program, service, or business opportunity advertised.  It is the responsibility of the advertisers (Ad Sponsors) to check and abide by the local, state, federal and international laws pertaining to the programs, products, services or business opportunities they advertise. Please use your own judgment and caution when applying to or for any opportunity that is placed in this Ezine. membership@mhoaa.us design@mhoaa.us