HOA General Information

What is a Home Owners Association, or HOA?

Home Owners Associations, or HOA’s, are legal entities created to ensure common areas are properly maintained. An HOA is also a non-profit organization that manages and maintains amenities such as entrance signage, private parks, boulevards, and landscaping. The City of Calgary is no longer responsible for maintaining these amenities; hence, HOA’s were created to handle the maintenance of your community.

What is involved with an HOA?

There are many features of an HOA, and each HOA is different; however, many HOA’s have these features in common:

A mandatory membership for all property owners within the development;

• Mandatory fees associated with the memberships;
• The authority to enact and enforce maintenance including community design standards; and
• A governing board that has the capacity to hire contractors (including a property management company that handles maintenance and enforcement issues).