by Dawn Bauman, CAE | Oct 31, 2025 | Advocacy, CAI
I believe when people love where they live, communities thrive. When professionals love where they work, communities are more connected and content. That’s why I’m introducing two campaigns: Love Where You Live and Love Where You Work. These ideas speak to the heart of CAI’s vision of being the global leader advancing excellence in community association living.
by Dawn Bauman, CAE | Sep 5, 2025 | Advocacy, CAI, Community Associations
Community associations create stable, well-managed neighborhoods where families invest, connect, and thrive. A Florida legislator’s recent call to ban homeowners associations is, respectfully, a solution in search of a problem and would cause needless disruption for millions of Floridians.
by Dawn Bauman, CAE | Jun 23, 2025 | Advocacy, CAI, Community Associations
Four years ago, the tragic partial collapse of Champlain Towers South in Surfside, Fla., took 98 lives. The devastating event highlighted the critical need for proactive building maintenance, structural inspections, and financial preparedness to ensure condo safety. Over the past few years, CAI has educated community association residents, board members, community managers, business partners, legislators, and regulators about structurally sound and fiscally responsible communities.
by Dawn Bauman, CAE | Feb 20, 2025 | Advocacy, CAI, Community Associations
Reporting requirements under the Corporate Transparency Act have been reinstated for community associations, which now have until March 21 to file an initial, updated, or correct beneficial ownership information report with the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network.
by Dawn Bauman, CAE | Jan 7, 2025 | CAI, Community Associations
Projections from the Foundation for Community Association Research, an affiliate of Community Associations Institute, estimate 3,000 to 4,000 new condominium communities and homeowners associations will be built in 2025. Community associations — including homeowners associations, condominiums, and housing cooperatives — currently house 77.1 million Americans and comprise 30% to 33% of the U.S. housing market.