HOA

I’m a sociologist, and I interviewed community residents between 2017 and 2020 as part of a survey to understand the experiences of people of color living in an HOA. All of the people I interviewed identified as Latino, Caribbean or Black. Based on my research, stories like Coretta’s are an example of how homeowners associations act as what sociologists call racialized organizations.

Research on HOAs has found that these private, quasi-governmental organizations are an often overlooked but influential force in environmental policy.