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

It's not about your board. It's about the tools — and the gap they leave.

Residents disengage

Nobody comes to meetings. Nobody reads the minutes. The board makes decisions in a vacuum — then residents feel blindsided and complain they weren't consulted.

Decisions disappear in email

What was actually decided? Who approved it? Six months later there's a dispute, and the only record is a chain of reply-alls that proves nothing — and protects no one.

Quorum failures stall everything

Special assessments, bylaw amendments, board elections — legally, these require a minimum number of homeowners. Getting them in a room at the same time has always been nearly impossible.

Built for how HOAs actually work

A small elected board manages the community. Residents have rights — and deserve transparency. Loomio handles both.

The board space

Your 3–7 voting members get a private group for sensitive deliberations — contractor negotiations, personnel matters, financial discussions that aren't ready for the whole community yet.

  • Private proposals and votes
  • Confidential board discussions
  • Meeting prep and minute approval
  • Subgroups for each committee

The community view

All homeowners can see what the board has decided, read the reasoning, and follow along — without access to confidential board deliberations. Transparency without oversharing.

  • Outcomes and vote records visible
  • Community proposals with resident input
  • Email digests so residents stay informed
  • Searchable archive of every decision

Confidential board work stays private while approved decisions remain visible to the community.

"Loomio becomes indispensable when combined with personal interaction. Meeting minutes, agendas, decisions, objections — it's all there, creating an invaluable archive."
Witchcliffe Ecovillage · 100 households · Western Australia
Ecovillage

An ecovillage replaces strata management with democracy

100 households in wine country — growing to 350 — ditched conventional strata management to govern themselves, and they're building the playbook as they go.

  • Decisions across neighbourhood clusters
  • Transparent community decision archive
  • Equal say for all residents
  • Self-governance replacing strata management
Case study: Witchcliffe Ecovillage →
An ecovillage replaces strata management with democracy

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 threads 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 decision archive that protects you

Every proposal, vote, and outcome is searchable and dated. When a dispute arises next year, you point to the record — not a thread of emails.

Resident transparency

Community notices, pool opening dates, roadwork alerts — a clear bulletin board that keeps residents informed without cluttering board discussions.

Meeting prep without the admin

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.

Most successful HOA boards start small and build from there.

1

Get the board on Loomio

Start with your 3–7 board members. Run your next board decision through Loomio — a contractor quote, a policy question, anything. Build the habit of documentation before involving everyone.

2

Add your committees

Create subgroups for maintenance, social, and finance committees. Each gets its own space — and the board sees a clean summary without the operational detail.

3

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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