Public Policies
15. Residents’ occupancy standards
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and training, and homeowner involvement in
develop
association governance. RCC opposes any claims
occupancy standards and to apply remedies if
by developers to retain unnecessary control and
these standards are not met.
veto powers on issues not negatively impacting
RCC
supports
the
HOA’s
right
to
on the developer.
16. Communications in the
association
RCC supports a communications methodology
20. Government legislation affecting
the community association industry
that keeps all owners and residents informed on
RCC supports effective legislation that is deemed
all issues, whether good or bad news.
necessary for consumer protection, protection for
ongoing operations, or other necessary revisions
17. Tenants in community
associations
of or additions to existing statutes or common
law,
to
ensure
that
community
association
RCC supports a balanced approach to the
housing schemes are developed, managed and
rights of tenants and landlords in community
maintained consistently with legitimate public
associations, while protecting real property rights.
policy objectives whilst maintaining the standards
RCC supports reasonable regulation of transient
that protect individual consumers, balancing the
occupancy, tenant compliance with association
legitimate rights of the property owners and the
standards and the integration of tenants into the
development of the industry.
community on an equal basis, while recognising
that the contractual agreement is between the
RCC supports local legislation that emerges
HOA and the owner.
from a balanced, well-considered assessment
of all issues and interests affecting community
18. Rights and responsibilities of
directors, prescribed officers and
homeowners
associations within the greater local community
and avoids discriminatory regulations against
an individual community, recognising both the
RCC supports a balance of the rights of individual
unique nature of association-managed residential
owners in a community association with the
communities and the role of the homeowners’
need for effective management of the affairs of
associations. RCC opposes any local government
the association for the benefit of all owners.
legislation related to duplication of rates and
Reasonable association procedures that empower
service contributions on private communities who
the board of directors and staff of the community
impose levies for the purposes of maintaining
association to perform their obligations efficiently
infrastructure and/or delivering services. The RCC
must take into account the rights of an individual
opposes any form of ‘double taxation’.
owner to privacy, enjoyment of his or her
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