A community association is a nongovernmental association of participating members of a community, such as a neighborhood, village, condominium, cooperative, or group of homeowners or property owners in a delineated geographic area. Participation may be voluntary, require a specific residency, or require participation in an intentional community. Community associations may serve as social clubs, community promotional groups, service organizations, youth sports groups, community gardens, or quasi-governmental groups.

Neighborhood associations in Spain

From 1968 onwards, during the Franco dictatorship, the first neighborhood associations were established in Spain under the 1964 Law of Associations of Heads of Families.

Types

• Community land trust

• Community garden

• Community-supported agriculture

• Homeowners' association – association of property owners within a community

• Neighborhood association- voluntary association of property owners or residents in a neighborhood

• Intentional community – may or may not include formal association or governance

• Neighborhood watch

• Social club

See also

• Community Associations Institute

• Neighborhood council

References

External links

• Community Associations Network