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association’s insurance carrier to require a community to adopt these types of resolutions as a condition to securing insurance coverage, or as a condition to receiving a lower premium. Experts agree that proper maintenance is essential for achieving the full useful life for many items, systems, and components in a home or building. Experts also agree that proper maintenance helps reduce the risk of catastrophic losses. One of the core functions of every community asso ciation is to establish policies that help create a harmonious environment for people living in close proximity to one anoth er in the least intrusive manner possible. Adopting resolutions like the ones discussed above and establishing requirements and schedules for maintaining certain critical components of homes is one tool associations can use to help ensure the owners maintain their homes in a way that reduces the risk they will severely harm the homes and lives of the people around them. It is important to remember, though, that all resolutions must draw power from the governing documents to be enforceable. Consult legal counsel if you are unsure wheth er the governing documents permit the resolution you are

other communities with attached homes often adopt reso lutions requiring owners to replace their hot water heaters on some defined schedule, like every ten years, or when the manufacturer’s warranty for the component expires. To further mitigate flood risks, associations often adopt reso lutions requiring owners to replace the rubber supply line hoses on their laundry machines with braided stainless steel “no burst” hoses. It has also become more common for an

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