Does Your HOA Need a D.O.G.E.?
- Transparency HOA
- Feb 24
- 1 min read
For those that don’t follow politics, the Department of Government Efficiency (D.O.G.E.) is an organization created to expose and eliminate government waste. Picture a team of hyper-vigilant auditors combing through financial records, tracking down inefficiencies, and exposing shady dealings.
Now, imagine if your HOA had a D.O.G.E. Wouldn’t that be nice? A fearless champion questioning that $15,000 landscaping expense and asking why your HOA manager keeps hiring their “preferred” vendor (aka, their brother-in-law’s company with one Yelp review from 2014).
Shouldn’t your Board or HOA Manager already be doing this? Well… in theory. But in reality:
Board Members are volunteers. They’re unpaid, busy, and any savings just get split among all homeowners—not exactly a big incentive.
HOA Managers? They don’t pay dues, so they don’t really care too much. Plus, they often have “preferred” vendors (the kind mysteriously used in every HOA they manage). Their goal isn’t to find the best deal—it’s to find what’s easiest for them.
So, what can you do? You could take matters into your own hands—you technically have access to your HOA’s financials. But good luck:
The documents are intentionally incomprehensible.
If you find something shady, you have to convince your board to care.
Even if they do care, you then have to convince them to act.
Sounds like a headache, right? That’s where we come in.
Transparency HOA can be your very own D.O.G.E. We review your HOA’s finances, tell you what’s reasonable, and help hold your HOA accountable.
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