America's Advocate for Responsible Communities

More than 32,000 homeowners, community association managers and business partners who are dedicated to serving their communities are part of CAI. Our mission is to inspire professionalism, effective leadership and responsible citizenship, ideals reflected in communities that are preferred places to call home. CAI supports our members by helping them learn, achieve and succeed. As a member, you'll have access to:

Free Resources for Community Associations

You can obtain a free Best Practices Report from CAI on Community Harmony & Spirt and gain useful tips on building community spirit, creating harmony, developing volunteers and increasing resident involvement in your community. To obtain this free 18 page report, submit your contact information and the Best Practice report will be sent to you via email.

Check out CAI's Rights & Responsibilities for Better Communities .

Click below to read and print our "Introduction to Community Associations" document.

Join CAI and gain access to membership benefits that include extensive online resources such as free downloadable documents and templates, articles and other information on how to better govern and manager your community association.

Watch this short video for more information on who we are:

This is CAI from Community Associations Institute on Vimeo.

Who should join CAI?

• Community association volunteers including elected board members and trustees, committee members and other volunteers in homeowner, condominium and other types of association-governed communities
• Homeowners living in community associations
• Community managers (on-site, portfolio, large scale)
• Management companies
• Professional services (attorneys, accountants, engineers, builders, real estate, insurance, lenders, bankers, reserve professionals, and others)
• Business partners who provide products and services to community associations (landscaping, roofing, painting, pest control, HVAC, security, restoration services, contractors, siding, paving, etc)

If you're not sure about membership, why not see what some of our members have to say about their membership experience in CAI? Check out their testimonials.

Ready to Join?

There are several ways you can become a member of CAI:

Join online through our national website and start receiving the benefits of membership right away! Be sure to select the "Pennsylvania & Delaware Valley Chapter" as your chapter of choice.

Print a membership application that you can mail or fax with payment. Choose the membership application for your membership category:

Homeowner or Community Association Volunteer Leader

Community Association Manager

Management Company

Business Partner

Community associations can also download a sample resolution to join CAI to adopt at your board meeting.