Community Association Representatives

Boards of directors of community associations, which include condominiums, planned communities and housing cooperatives, play an important role in flood preparedness and mitigation – or actions taken to reduce flood risk – for their residential community and their residents. Depending on the association’s level of preparedness, a board’s response can impact community residents’ ability to respond and recover from flood damage. There are three key steps that community association boards of directors can take to ensure that their associations are ready in the event of a flood. They can:

1. Purchase flood insurance.
2. Create and adopt a detailed disaster plan.
3. Take action to mitigate their community’s flood risk.

This website can assist in step three. It can provide a community association’s board of directors and residents with a basic understanding of:

• Flooding and flood risk;
• What mitigation actions the board can take to reduce its community’s risk of flooding and flood damage;
• What mitigation actions the board can take to reduce flood risk for a specific building;
• What mitigation actions residents who own a building on an individual lot can take to reduce flood risk;
• What mitigation actions residents who own units in a building can take to reduce flood risk;
• Flood insurance and other means of financial assistance available to reduce flood risk; and
• Outreach materials available to promote flood risk reduction.