Editorial Standards

Sourcing

Every factual claim in an HOA's HUB article is grounded in at least one of the following primary sources:

Public records. Recorded HOA bylaws, CC&Rs, county property appraiser files, municipal meeting minutes, and state corporate registries.
Government databases. U.S. Census ACS tables, HUD market data, state legislature bill trackers, and county recorder offices.
HOA-submitted data. Information provided directly by HOA boards, property managers, or residents via our submission form, manually reviewed before publishing.
Direct outreach. Phone or email confirmation with HOA management for ambiguous or recently-changed data.
Named expert interviews. Real-estate attorneys, HOA boards, community managers, with full attribution.

When a number could not be verified from a primary source, we label it clearly ("estimated", "reported", "reader-submitted") or omit it.

Bylines & Authorship

Every article carries a byline. By default, that byline is "HOA's HUB Editorial" — meaning the article was written and fact-checked by our in-house editorial team and represents the site's collective position rather than an individual columnist.

Guest contributions (real-estate attorneys, HOA-industry experts, etc.) are bylined under the contributor's real name with affiliation and a short bio. We disclose any compensation or affiliation that could create the appearance of a conflict.

Fact-checking

Every article is reviewed against this checklist before publish:

Every dollar figure or percentage has a cited source.
Every legal claim (state law, HOA rule, ordinance) links to or names the statute / document.
Every named person, board, or community is verified against a public record or first-party confirmation.
Quotes are taken verbatim and the source has been notified before publication.
Calculations (averages, rankings, distributions) include the methodology in the article body or in an appendix.

Corrections Policy

We correct errors as soon as we learn about them. If you spot something wrong, please contact us with the article URL and a description of the issue. We respond to most correction requests within one business day.

When we correct an article, we add a dated note at the bottom describing what changed and why. Major corrections (any change that alters the substance of the article) are also surfaced at the top of the article so returning readers see the update. The corrected article keeps its original URL — we never silently rewrite published content.

Independence & Conflicts of Interest

HOA's HUB earns revenue through clearly-labeled affiliate relationships (mortgage, insurance, home-warranty providers) and reader-supported submissions. None of these relationships influence what we publish or how we rank communities.

Sponsored content, if ever published, will be labelled "Sponsored" at the top of the article and excluded from our news sitemap.

Methodology

The HOA data underlying every community page comes from a combination of public records, HOA submissions, and direct outreach. We publish coverage information (city / state / county / community) so readers know exactly how complete or stale a given listing is.

Aggregate statistics (state averages, fee-trend charts) are computed over our active community set after duplicate removal and outlier review. The full methodology behind our fee estimates is documented at /fee-trends.

AI Disclosure

We use generative AI tools as a research assistant (initial summarisation, code generation, formatting). We do not publish AI-generated articles without a human editor having fact-checked every assertion, replaced every unverified claim, and approved the final byline. An article is never bylined to an AI tool.

Contact the Editor

Story tips, correction requests, expert interviews, and press inquiries: /contact — we read every message.