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Townhome Orientation

Community Associations (also known as Common Interest Communities and Common Interest Realty Associations) developed in phases over the past 170 years in the United States. Today there are more than 245,000 community associations in the US housing over 50 million people. Here is an introduction to this lifestyle

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Texas Uniform Planned Community Act

The Texas Uniform Planned Community Act is a legislative initiative sponsored by the Texas College of Real Estate Attorneys. TUPCA provides a balanced, uniform, statewide law for the creation and operation of mandatory homeowner associations. If enacted by the Texas Legislature in 2007, TUPCA may be the first state statute in the country to devote an entire chapter to protecting the rights of individual homeowners.

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Guide to Understanding Community Association Financial Reports (PDF)

Conduct of Meetings for Community Associations

Building Community

Homeowner associations have been subjected to extremely negative publicity
during the past few months. A recent cartoon in the Houston Chronicle characterized communications from homeowner associations as less desirable than IRS audits. This is very unfortunate and needs to be addressed by the leaders and management of community associations. The value of community associations and what they do is not very newsworthy, and we therefore need to be aware of the facts to place the negative publicity into proper perspective. 

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Community Association Aerial Antenna and Satellite Dish Issues - After losing many cases that upheld community association aerial antenna and satellite dish restrictions, video programming providers sought relief from the United States Congress. Congress responded by enactment of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 (the "Act"). The Act was determined by Congress to be in furtherance of one primary objective of the Communications Act of 1934 "to make available, so far as possible, to all the people of the United States . . . a rapid, efficient, nation-wide, and world-wide wire and radio communication service with adequate facilities at reasonable charges . . .". The Act was viewed as a recognition of the virtues of new technology by service providers and many users anxious to obtain such services, but with a great deal of skepticism and trepidation by community associations and others.