Condominium Terminology (CMigrator copy 1)

Just as there are alternate names for condominium-type ownership in other countries such as strata title in Canada and commonhold in the UK, there are community associations that are similar to but distinct from US-style residential condominiums. Home Owners Associations (HOA’s), for example, share the concept of community-wide rules and regulations, architectural restrictions and other governing elements with condominiums.  Another type is called Planned Unit Developments (PUD’s) which may be neighborhoods of single family houses indistinguishable from a typical residential neighborhood except for controlling documents that may cover the access road, design choices or construction density.