How does the HNP keep volunteers participating, while HOAs have troubles maintaining participants?
The structure and success of the HNP is completely dependent upon the Block Captains (click here for street / Block Captain registry). The Block Captains are fully empowered to keep their residents informed. The Block Captains are the face-forward to the residents. We have noticed a sincere appreciation and gratitude of the residents towards the Block Captains. On the other hand, HOAs (mandatory homeowner associations) have the appearance that everything is taken care of because of the dues that are paid by its residents. In most cases, a management company has to step in to do the work at a significant cost to the HOA due to lack of resident interest.
