Homeowner Associations
Make HOA decisions
residents can trust
Loomio gives your board one place to discuss an issue, hear concerns, vote, and publish a clear outcome — without endless reply-all emails or another poorly attended meeting.
Member-governed housing communities qualify for our nonprofit rates. See pricing.
Why HOA governance breaks down
Boards need time for questions, a clear way to involve residents, and a record the next committee can use.
Residents disengage
Work, caring responsibilities, and time away can make meetings difficult to attend. Residents need a way to understand a proposal and contribute before it is settled.
Decisions disappear in email
The proposal, questions, and final answer can end up in different inboxes. Future boards and residents then struggle to understand what was agreed and why.
Participation requirements are hard to track
Some decisions need a defined group of eligible voters and a minimum level of participation. Make those requirements clear before asking people to take part.
Built for how HOAs actually work
Give the board a focused place to work, then share approved outcomes and invite resident input in a separate community space.
The board space
Invite board members into a private subgroup for sensitive deliberations, such as contractor negotiations or financial discussions that are not ready for the wider community.
- Private proposals and votes
- Confidential board discussions
- Meeting prep and minute approval
- Subgroups for each committee
The community view
Post approved outcomes and the explanation residents need in your community group. Keep sensitive board discussions in a subgroup whose privacy settings restrict access.
- Share approved outcomes with residents
- Community proposals with resident input
- Email digests so residents stay informed
- Searchable community decision record
Choose subgroup privacy before sharing sensitive material. Publish a separate community update when an outcome is ready to share.
Loomio becomes indispensable when combined with personal interaction.Witchcliffe Ecovillage community member · Western Australia
An ecovillage replaces strata management with democracy
Witchcliffe Eco Village residents use Loomio to govern their growing community together.
- Decisions across neighbourhood clusters
- Transparent community decision archive
- Equal say for all residents
- Self-governance replacing strata management
A decision-making home for your HOA
Loomio complements your accounting, property, and election systems by keeping deliberation, permitted votes, and outcomes together.
Board deliberation room
Private discussions for board proposals — discuss contractor quotes, draft rule changes, and work through contentious issues before they go to the community.
Async voting when your rules allow
Post a proposal with a deadline and let eligible participants vote in their own time. The result and stated outcome stay with the discussion.
A record the next board can use
Keep the proposal, discussion, vote, and stated outcome together. Future board members can find the context behind earlier decisions.
Resident transparency
Community notices, pool opening dates, roadwork alerts — a clear bulletin board that keeps residents informed without cluttering board discussions.
Prepare before the meeting
Circulate agendas and minutes before the meeting. Pre-approve routine items online — so in-person time is spent on conversations that actually need a room.
Subgroups for each committee
Maintenance, social, finance — each working group gets its own private space without cluttering the main board feed or the community view.
Check your rules first
Match online voting to your governing documents
Electronic voting requirements vary by jurisdiction and by association. Formal elections or member ballots may require particular notice, identity checks, secrecy, certification, or independent administration.
Use Loomio to deliberate, test support, make board decisions, and conduct member polls or votes where your rules permit. If a certified election service is required, keep the formal ballot there and use Loomio for the discussion that helps residents make an informed choice.
Loomio keeps proposals, participation, results, and stated outcomes together in a dated, exportable record. Ask your association counsel which decisions can be made online and which process each one requires.
Check current local requirements: your governing documents, association counsel, or local CAI chapter can help you identify the right process.
Start with the board. Expand when you're ready.
Try one board decision first. Check that people can participate and find the outcome before extending the practice.
Get the board on Loomio
Invite your board members and choose one bounded decision, such as reviewing a contractor quote. Share the context, name who will facilitate, and set a deadline for input.
Add your committees
Create subgroups for maintenance, social, and finance committees. Ask each committee to share recommendations and agreed outcomes with the board when they are ready.
Open to the full community
Once the board is comfortable, expand community visibility. Invite homeowners to observe outcomes and participate in the decisions that affect them — special assessments, rule changes, community proposals.
Nonprofit rates for member-governed housing
Homeowner associations and other member-governed housing communities qualify for our nonprofit rates.
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