What are the differences between a POA, HOA and Board of Directors?

POA (Property Owners Association) and HOA (Home Owners Association) are synonymous terms used to describe the legal entities set up by developers of planned developments to identify the group of all owners of land within the development, whether improved or not.

Within the Dunes West Community:

• POA is the all-encompassing organization, defined in the Dunes West Articles of Incorporation and associated governance documents. 
• The Board of Directors (BOD) is the group of property owners within the POA that is responsible for governance of the association.  The DWBOD is often mistakenly referred to as the POA, as is the office on Bessemer Road that is staffed by the POA’s Management Contractor. 
• Dunes West neighborhoods include condos and townhomes with a “sub regime” HOA, each with its own BoD for managing issues that solely impact these property owners and not the larger Dunes West community.