REHL HOA Survey (Detailed)

  • Welcome to the Resident Evil HOA Lectures, LLC Detailed Survey!

    Your input and perspectives are incredibly valuable for bettering our collective understanding of the HOA environment in the U.S. This will allow homeowner advocates, research institutions, lawmakers, and industry affiliates to address issues, promote benefits, and hopefully solve the problems that can often run rampant through HOAS. We appreciate your time and assistance!

  • HOA Survey Information Disclosure

    Before completing the survey, please be sure to read the Resident Evil HOA Lectures, LLC HOA Survey Information and Disclosure (below and found on our website). You will be asked to confirm that you have read, understand, and consent to the information contained therein before you can continue with the survey. PLEASE SUBMIT ONLY ONE SURVEY PER HOUSEHOLD.

  • Information and Disclosure

    By participating in this survey, you are consenting to offer anonymous information and responses for the purposes of data collection by Resident Evil HOA Lectures, LLC (REHL). This data will be used for a number of purposes, including but not limited to Resident Evil HOA Lectures, LLC presentation information and publications; Lawmakers in the state of Georgia and nationwide to inform homeowner association reform legislation; Other academic researchers, homeowner advocates, industry advocates, and media; The general public for educational and consumer awareness purposes; Provision of survey data and report to residents of participating neighborhoods and HOA Boards (upon request from boards for a nominal fee); Education of homeowners for the purposes of forming homeowner advocacy groups.

  • Disclaimer

    REHL and its affiliates are NOT attorneys, nor do we purport to be. No information gained from REHL or its resources should be taken or shared as legal advice. We are independent researchers, educators, and homeowner advocates, and we should be identified as such. We have no affiliation with any university system or formal research institution within its home state of Georgia or nationwide.

  • Description of Project

    Homeowner Associations (HOAs, CICs, COAs, RAs, etc.) are a social system of self-governance invented by the housing industry in the United States in the early 20th century. In recent decades, there has been an increasing number of instances in which homeowner residents subject to HOAs are experiencing abuse, harassment, selective enforcement, fee escalation, exclusion from governance, and foreclosure from their HOAs. This survey attempts to collect data as to the perspectives and issues that homeowners in specific neighborhoods may or may not be experiencing in order to create a more comprehensive data set of conditions within HOA-governed neighborhoods on the specific, local, regional, state, and national level.

  • Explanation of Procedures

    If you agree to participate in this study, you will complete the following anonymous survey hosted by JotForm. Participation is voluntary. You can refuse to take part or stop at any time. You may also skip questions that you are not comfortable answering aside from required NON-IDENTIFYING demographic information at the beginning of the survey.

  • Risks or Discomforts

    This is a voluntary, anonymous survey, with no identifying personal data captured. The only specific information requested is identification of the neighborhood or HOA itself. There are minimal risks or discomforts to participants anticipated.

  • Benefits

    Participation in this study will help REHL researchers and other interested parties understand the actual conditions that homeowner residents experience in their respective HOA neighborhoods. Participants will benefit from knowledge gained by the survey as to the condition of their own neighborhood as well as the HOA system at large. It is intended that this information will also benefit HOA boards, state and federal legislators, and the housing industry and its affiliates.

  • Compensation

    Participation in this survey is uncompensated.

  • Confidentiality

    We will take steps to protect your privacy. To reduce risk of identification, the survey is anonymous. We will NOT request information that could identify you. The survey metadata contains no personally identifying data from participants. If personal identification information is provided, it is entirely voluntary on the part of the participant, and all possible measures will be made to keep voluntarily offered personal information private. Quotes from survey responses may be used in publication, etc., however any identifying information will be redacted to the best ability of REHL and its affiliates.

  • REHL HOA Detailed Survey

    The following survey contains approximately 50 questions divided into four sections, most of which only require a single click to answer. Answer to the best of your ability. Please note questions that offer the ability to select multiple answers. There is an open field at the end of the survey in which you have unlimited ability to add any information, thoughts, concerns, compliments, etc. that you wish REHL's researchers and audience to know about.

  • Definitions

    “Home” can refer to a single family resident or any multi-family residence (condo, apt. etc.). “Association”means homeowner members of the board of directors of a homeowner association(HOA), property owner association (POA), condo owner association (COA), or other self-governing neighborhood entity. "Board" refers to the Board (Directors and non-Director) members of any neighborhood association. "Property Management Company" refers to an outside company which handles HOA matters for an HOA board comprised of homeowners for a neighborhood.

  • Location

    This information will NOT and cannot be used to identify individuals who answer this survey; this is asked only for data collection and analysis purposes. *Required

  • Basic Information

  • 1.   How many years have you lived in your neighborhood?
  • 2. Was your association formed at the same time as the neighborhood?
  • 3. Who initiated the formation of your neighborhood association?
  • 7. What services or amenities does your neighborhood have? (Check all that apply).
  • 8. Is Your Association
  • 10. Did you buy into your neighborhood because of the HOA itself (not amenities)?
  • 11. Did you buy into your neighborhood because of the amenities (not necessarily an HOA)?
  • 12. Would you buy into an HOA neighborhood again because of the amenities?
  • 13. Would you ever buy into a neighborhood with a non-mandatory association (this type of association grants access to amenities on an opt-in/opt-out basis but has no control over individuals' properties)?

  • Association Operations

    In this section and for applicable questions, if you have a Property Management Company which is responsible for administration of named procedures, you may still answer questions that refer to HOAs or HOA boards.
  • 1. When did you receive copies of the association's governing documents (Articles of Incorporation, Declaration, Bylaws, Rules and Regulations, etc.)?
  • 2. How much do you agree with the conditions of the association as set forth in the governing documents?
  • 5. Does your board follow parliamentary procedure and Robert’s Rules of Order (or a similar official procedure) during meetings?
  • 8. Does your association have a reserve fund that can cover major expenses, such as a clubhouse rebuild,resurfacing of tennis courts, or reroofing a complex?
  • 9. How much, if anything, have you paid in special assessments during your time in your current home (that is,when a major expense is incurred and the cost is passed on in a lump sum to the association members)?
  • 10. Are you aware that if you have unpaid fees, dues, fines, assessments, or other charges, justified or not, that an association can put a lien on your home?
  • 11. Are you aware that in most states, if you have unpaid fees, dues, fines, assessments, or other charges (e.g.$2,000 or more in Georgia), justified or not, that an association can foreclose on your home, even if your mortgage and insurance are up to date?
  • 12. Has your association ever enacted any of the following against you? (check all that apply):
  • 13. Following are some common issues that homeowners can experience in an HOA. Have you or someone you know from your neighborhood ever experienced any of the following in your current neighborhood (check all that apply)?
  • 14. Have you ever had to pay legal fees (your own and/or the HOAs) to settle a dispute or other issue with your HOA and if so, what range?
  • 15. Is your association's operations run by or assisted by a Property Management Company?

  • Association Elections

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  • 2. How often does your association hold board member elections?
  • 3. Does your association meet quorum during elections?
  • 4. How are election ballots collected? (Select all that apply.)
  • 5. How are election results announced?
  • 6. How soon after elections are the results announced?
  • 7. Are you aware that any resident member of an HOA neighborhood can run for the association's board?
  • 8. Have you ever run for or served on the HOA board of your current neighborhood?
  • 10. To the best of your knowledge, what percentage of your neighborhood participate in elections?
  • 11. How often do the principal officers of your association change (president, vice president, secretary, treasurer, member-at-large ?
  • 12. Is there a term limit to board member positions?
  • If yes, are term limits adhered to by the board?
  • 13. Has anyone on the board served consecutively (in one position or multiple) for more than three years?
  • 14. Overall, how engaged are the resident members in the board activities, meetings, elections, etc. of the association?
  • 15. Check which factors you feel are the reason(s) residents in your neighborhood have for non-engagement.
  • 16. Does any one individual or company own more than one property in your neighborhood, thereby allowing themselves to hold more than one vote in association votes and elections?

  • Resident Perspectives

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  • 3. If you had an equal choice of housing (price, location, size, etc.), would you prefer a home with or without an HOA?
  • 4.  Are you aware that in most cases, HOAs are not required to exist by law and that they are formed by neighborhood members and/or developers?
  • 5. Are you aware that resident members are able to suggest amendments and changes to the HOA’s bylaws, the adoption of which is decided upon by a vote by the members?
  • 6. Is there a clause in your HOA’s governing documents which allows for the dissolution of the HOA?
  • 7. If your state enacted laws to reform or change HOA laws, what changes would you be supportive of? (Check all that apply.)
  • 8. What compliments do you have about your neighborhood association?
  • 10. Do you feel that your neighborhood would benefit from a neighborhood homeowner advocacy group,comprised of non-board residents, which would act as a liaison between homeowners and the board of directors of the association?

  • Overall Grade for your Current HOA

    Your rating will be averaged with other respondent's answers to give your HOA an overall grade.
  • What grade would you give your HOA (excluding your property management company, if you have one)?
  • Should be Empty: