A community association provides a communal basis for preserving, maintaining, and enhancing homes and property. All community associations have three basic, defining characteristics:

• Membership in the community association is mandatory and automatic for all owners. This is unlike other associations whose membership is voluntary.
• Certain documents bind all owners to be governed by the community association. These documents require mutual obligations to be performed by the individual owner and the community.
• Mandatory lien-based economic charges or assessments are levied on each owner in order to operate and maintain the community association

People choose to live in community associations for numerous reasons. Many association owners value the inherent benefits offered by community association living. Community associations are designed to:

• Manage common areas of the property
• Manage property interests of owners
• Provide services for owners
• Develop a sense of community through social activities and/or amenities

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