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Title: Special Assessments: How to Avoid Them With Better Planning
Date: April 21, 2026
Slug: articles/hoa-special-assessments-prevention.html
Tag: Reserve Funds
Read time: 9 min
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Article Summary
Covers why special assessments happen (slow-moving, predictable funding gaps), the early warning signs boards miss (contribution stagnation, deferred maintenance, reserve balance complacency), how proactive reserve planning with a living health score prevents them, and a concrete scenario showing a 120-unit HOA catching a $440k gap three years early and closing it with a $38/unit monthly adjustment instead of a special assessment.
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