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By reaching out to your legislators about issues and legislation affecting the community association industry, you can help community associations remain preferred places to live and work!

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Tell Your Legislators to Support Community Associations

Contact your legislators to support community associations. 

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Support Disaster Assistance for Community Associations Today!

Tell Congress to support H.R. 834/S. 352 and amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to provide assistance for common interest communities, condominiums, and housing cooperatives damaged by a major disaster!

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CAI's Advocacy Tool Kit

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How to Take Action With CAI

Learn more about how to support CAI advocacy campaigns.

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Additional Resources

  • Simply enter your contact information to learn who your elected officials are at the federal and state levels. Tell them why you support community associations, and why this housing model works!
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  • Ambassadors will recruit, organize, and motivate other advocates. If an advocacy issue arises in your area, you will be called upon to help get the word out so that CAI has a stronger voice with legislators.​​​​
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  • You have an opportunity to help CAI gauge the reach of our collective networks and enable us to effectively plan for future public policy discussions
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Guides for Effective Advocacy

As the national advocate for community associations, Community Associations Institute (CAI) is committed to encouraging the active participation of community association advocates in helping shape and define community association law and policy.

As part of our commitment to advocacy, CAI provides guidance to assist advocates nationwide in developing their advocacy skills and maximizing their impact. These are guides to help you in your advocacy efforts in the following areas:

It's easy and you can make a difference!

It's easy and you can make a difference! If state or federal legislation is introduced that could impact your community, you will receive an advocacy alert email that includes easy ways for you to take action. The more people that take action, the better we can protect the the 77.1 million people living and working in America's 369,000 community associations! In 2024, around 14,500 advocates contacted their state and/or federal legislators over 23,500 times total to support or oppose legislation that impacted the community association industry.

CAI #VoteforHome!

84% of community association homeowners plan to vote in all national elections according to our research. This makes CAI members the most effective voting block in the nation.

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CAI Advocacy Campaigns and Engagement Reporting

January 2026: Monthly Engagement Overview and Key Campaigns

2025 Year in Review

2024 Year in Review


Other Ways to Engage your Elected Officials

Questions? Contact Phoebe E. Neseth, Esq., CAI Vice President, Government Relations, Public Affairs & Legal

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