If you are interested in this book, most likely, you, like many Russians, are not satisfied with the way your apartment building is maintained, how cleaning and garbage disposal take place, you would like to put things in order with issuing payments and leasing common property , bring the overhaul closer and reduce the cost of its production. At a minimum, you are thinking about how you can change life in your apartment building for the better. After all, the main purpose of creating a homeowners’ association is to manage the house together with its neighbors only in the interests of its residents. As they say, if you want something done well, do it yourself! So where to start?! This manual provides a step-by-step algorithm for changing the form of management of an apartment building from a management organization to an HOA; it describes both the advantages and disadvantages of this form of management. In an accessible form, it describes the rights and obligations of the HOA, the rules of registration, preparation and holding of the constituent meeting, the preparation of the charter and other necessary documents, termination of the contract with the previous management company and the procedure for transferring technical and other documentation to the house, the procedure and rules for concluding contracts with members of the HOA and specialized organizations and much more. If you and your neighbors are ready to take the thorny but sure path towards improving your life, then this guide to action is exactly for you.