How To Increase Homeowner Involvement In Your HOA

It can be challenging for the HOA board to increase homeowner involvement and encourage homeowners in your association to constructively bring up their issues and concerns. Homeowners are not always privy to the limitations of the association or the perks that are available to them.

It is not because homeowners feel indifferent. More often than not, homeowners are just reluctant to share how they feel. Other times, they simply don’t have the time to show up at meetings.

But, homeowner involvement and feedback are critical to the betterment of the association. And these are the ways your HOA board can use to ask for more input from owners.

What Can Your HOA Board Do to Increase Homeowner Involvement

Take Advantage of Surveys

Sometimes, homeowners are too busy to attend meetings, especially if you schedule them at inopportune times. To balance things out, your board can make it more convenient for owners to share their feedback by conducting surveys. You can do this electronically (via email) or physically (via traditional mail).

Give homeowners a chance to share their concerns without needing to attend a meeting or make a call, even if people are happy with how you’re running things.

Make Use of Online Channels

A good way to foster a sense of community and involvement is by making information easily accessible to homeowners. Put up your meeting minutes and other important information online.

There are plenty of tools you can use to achieve this. You can launch a community website or create a private group on social media. With these tools, homeowners can access information even when they’re away from home. And when you keep owners informed at all times, they tend to be keener on sharing their thoughts.

Encourage Volunteers

While owners can serve on the HOA board, it can be a pretty big commitment that not everyone is ready to take on. Fortunately, there are more ways than one to get involved in the community.

Homeowners can volunteer to serve on committees and make a more meaningful impact on the type of change they want to see. When given the chance to contribute to the community, homeowners are more inclined to grab it.

Show Your Appreciation

It is equally important to call attention to the people who volunteer for the association. Thanking them for contributing their time and effort to make the community a better place can go a very long way.

Make sure to show your appreciation at board meetings. You can even plan an event that specifically highlights the work these volunteers are doing. When you recognize volunteers, they will feel more appreciated. This, in turn, will encourage others to do the same.

Celebrate Your Community

One of the best parts about living in an association is the sense of community that people feel. Emphasize this fact by celebrating your community and sharing all the things you love about it.

Plan social events with the goal of bringing people together. You can go as grand as a block party or even just a simple BBQ. Getting everyone under one roof or in the same space while enjoying music and food is a surefire way to get people talking. And this can greatly help make homeowners feel more comfortable with their neighbors.

The Bottom Line

All in all, bringing homeowners together and in agreement with each other will make your association feel more like a community.  When you encourage participation and offer the opportunity for it, people are more likely to feel like they belong and that you care about their voices.

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