Corporate Transparency Act: Final rule ends reporting requirements
The U.S. Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network issued a final rule permanently exempting U.S. companies and persons, including community association board members, from beneficial ownership reporting requirements under the Corporate Transparency Act.
Pool president: Community leader dives in during lifeguard shortage
An HOA board president for more than 20 years in Cincinnati shares why she volunteered as a lifeguard at her community pool and the impact it had on her.
Eyes on the prize: Working toward CAI’s PCAM designation
CAI’s Professional Community Association Manager designation is the highest professional recognition available to community association manager. A newly minted PCAM describes her experience.
CAI’s Advocacy Summit: An opportunity to advance interests, deepen ties
The CAI advocacy summit allows homeowners, board members, managers, and business partners to meet with federal lawmakers to educate them on community association industry policy issues. Here’s why you should attend.
Calm leadership: How to react when emotions rise in community associations
Calm leadership from management does more than de-escalate conflict. It helps boards govern more effectively, protects relationships, and preserves trust across the community. Here are a few ways to practice calm leadership in real time.
Condo safety today: Progress on maintenance, inspections, accountability
CAI’s condo safety task force was formed after the Champlain Towers tragedy in 2021. Five years later, a member of the task force reflects on the progress made to improve maintenance, inspections, and financial accountability in community associations.
Five years later: Lessons from Surfside and the release of the NIST report
This week, the National Institute of Standards and Technology released its long-awaited findings on the partial collapse of Champlain Towers South in Surfside, Fla. We’ve learned a lot of lessons from Surfside over the past five years. CAI honors the victims and remains committed to condominium safety.
Shaped by service: How I became a community manager
International Community Association Managers Day gave me an opportunity to reflect on my journey to becoming a community manager — one that began as a board member. That transition gave me a perspective I carry with me every single day. Being a homeowner and a manager of the community where I live shapes every decision I make.
Community association management: Presenting a rewarding career
Community association management is no longer a profession we can afford to let people “stumble into.” It is time to present it clearly, confidently, and intentionally as a viable career path.
Insurance in community associations: Who covers what?
Community associations are typically required to maintain some level of insurance to protect the association, its members, and shared assets from the risk of financial loss. These requirements are shaped by governing documents, laws and regulations, lender requirements, and best practice. One of the most common — and consequential — questions in community associations is about how insurance responsibilities are divided. Who covers what?
