A new research report of the Foundation for Community Association Research, Breaking Point: Examining Aging Infrastructure in Community Associations, examines how aging infrastructures have become critical issues in community associations.

The latest Community Association Fact Book, the most comprehensive compilation of national and state community association data, includes several new components: the history of federal involvement in community associations, economic contributions and value-added benefits of community associations, and updated and expanded data for 55+ condominium residents.

For the eighth time in 15 years, Americans living in homeowners associations and condominiums have told pollsters they are overwhelmingly satisfied in their communities.

The Foundation for Community Association Research is a national, nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization devoted to common interest community research, development, and scholarship. Incorporated in 1975, the Foundation supports and conducts research in the community, homeowner, and condominium association industry.

Our recently updated report, Reserve Studies/Management, is designed to help association leaders plan for future repairs and replacement. Maintaining an adequate reserve fund not only meets the legal, fiduciary, and professional requirements of associations, but it also minimizes the need for special assessments and enhances resale home values in the community.

The Foundation supports graduate research and study through the Byron Hanke Fellowship. Explore our fellows’ latest research projects.

We have a full menu of programs planned for the coming year. Review our research agenda and learn more about what we’re working on.