REFLECTIONS BY ROLF CROCKER, AMS, CAMEx, CCAM
Investing in Good for the HOA Community
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n 1964, there were 500 “homes associations� in the United States according to the Urban Land Institute Technical Bulletin No. 50. The bulletin was commissioned by the Federal Housing Administration to provide developers with a roadmap for a new housing solution in the United States. By 1970, there were more than 10,000 of these novel developments, now called Homeowners Associations (HOAs), across the country with a large percentage located in California. Nearly ten years later, on June 12, 1973, the Executive Council of Home Owners (Echo) was formed. The first HOA association in the state of California, it was organized to provide education, advocacy, and networking exclusively for homeowners in HOAs. Over the years, Echo worked diligently to guide California legislation and assure HOA homeowners had a voice in the capitol, especially when the landmark Davis Stirling Common Interest Development Act was enacted. The Act provided much needed sideboards around the governance, operations, and management of HOAs Continued on page 24 ECHO journal | July/August 2020
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