HOA Website Guide (2026): What to Include and How to Build One for a Small HOA

Does your HOA need a website, a portal, or both?

An HOA website is the public face of your association. Buyers, real estate agents, title companies and new owners use it to find contacts, rules and meeting dates. An owner portal is different. It sits behind a login and holds the things only owners should see, like account balances, payment history and private records.

Many small HOAs start with one and add the other later. A simple way to decide:

• A public website helps people outside the community find the right contact and basic information.
• An owner portal helps owners pay, find documents and read announcements in one private place.

If the private side is your main need, our guide to HOA portal software explains what a good portal should include. This post focuses on the public website and how it fits with everything else.

What to put on an HOA website

Keep it short and current. A small, accurate site beats a big one nobody updates.

Public pages

These pages are safe to show anyone and answer the questions you get most often:

• Contact page. One shared email address for the board, plus a mailing address. Avoid personal phone numbers.
• Board and committees. Roles and how to reach them, using shared role-based email addresses where you can.
• Meeting calendar. Dates, times, locations or video links, and how owners can add items to the agenda.
• How to pay dues. A short explanation of payment options and a link to the owner portal.
• Resale and closing requests. Who handles estoppel or resale certificate requests and how to submit one.
• Community rules summary. A plain-language overview, with the full governing documents available to owners.

Owner-only content

Some information should sit behind a login or in your portal, not on a public page:

• Owner and resident directories
• Financial statements and budgets
• Meeting minutes and board packets, if your documents treat them as owner records
• Architectural request forms and decisions about specific homes

What counts as an owner record, and how quickly owners must be able to see it, depends on your state law and your governing documents. Check both before you decide what goes public and what stays private.

HOA website requirements: check your state and documents

There is no single national rule for HOA websites. Some states have laws about posting certain documents online or giving owners electronic access to records, and those rules can depend on the type and size of the association.

Your governing documents may also set rules about notices, records and electronic communication. Before you launch, have the board review your state’s HOA or condo statutes and your bylaws. If anything is unclear, ask your association’s attorney. Treat any list of “HOA website requirements” you find online as a starting point, not as the rule for your community.

Three ways to build an HOA website

When boards search for the best HOA website software, they usually land on one of three approaches. Each can work well. The right fit depends on your budget, who will maintain it, and what you want the site to do.

1. A general website builder

General site builders let you pick a template, add pages and connect a domain. They work for any kind of organization, so you set up the HOA-specific pages yourself. This route suits boards that want full control of the design and already have a volunteer comfortable with web tools.

2. An HOA website builder

An HOA website builder comes with templates and page types made for associations, such as board listings, calendars and document pages. For example, as of Oct 25, 2026, HOA Express’s pricing page describes plans that cover website pages, calendars, documents and board info, with higher plans adding a custom domain, blast emails and texts, and online payments.

3. A website included with HOA software

Some HOA management platforms include a website builder alongside their other tools, which can give you an HOA website with online payments in one place. As of Oct 25, 2026:

• PayHOA’s feature page says its Weebly integration lets you “create a fully-branded website” directly from the PayHOA platform, with drag-and-drop editing, HOA-specific design templates and branded login pages for the resident portal.
• TownSq’s pricing page lists a community website builder with a custom domain among its features.

Feature lists change, so confirm the details on each vendor’s own site before you decide.

Keep the domain and email through board turnover

Board members change. Your website should not disappear when they do.

• Register the domain in the association’s name, not a volunteer’s personal account.
• Use a shared board email address for the domain registrar, site builder and any software accounts.
• Store logins in a shared password manager or a sealed record the board controls.
• Pay from the association’s account so renewals don’t lapse when a card expires.
• Write down who does what so the next board knows how to update the site.

A launch checklist

Use this list before you share the link with owners:

1. Confirm the domain is owned by the association.
2. Publish the contact, board, calendar, payments and resale pages.
3. Move owner-only content behind a login or into your portal.
4. Review your state law and governing documents for any records or notice rules.
5. Check every page on a phone.
6. Remove personal phone numbers and home addresses of volunteers.
7. Announce the site to owners and add the link to dues notices and email signatures.
8. Put a quarterly site review on the board’s calendar.

For more ways to keep owners informed, see our HOA communication guide and our overview of HOA communication software.

Where BoostHOA fits

To be clear, BoostHOA is not a public website builder. It doesn’t host public websites or custom domains. What BoostHOA gives owners is a private portal where they can find shared HOA documents, read announcements from the board, and pay dues online. Boards can schedule recurring dues that are issued automatically, and owners pay online by card (including Apple Pay and Google Pay) or ACH bank transfer.

Many boards pair a simple public website with a portal like this, and link from the site to the portal for owners. To compare costs, see BoostHOA pricing.

FAQ

How much does an HOA website cost?

It depends on the approach. Costs can include a domain name, the site builder or hosting plan, and any add-on features. Some HOA software includes a website, and some HOA website builders offer plans at different levels. Check current pricing on each vendor’s own site.

What should be on an HOA website?

At minimum: a contact page, board and committee info, a meeting calendar, how to pay dues, and how to request resale documents. Keep private records like directories and financials behind a login.

Are HOAs required to have a website?

It depends on your state and the type of association. Some states have rules about posting documents or giving owners online access to records, and many do not. Check your state law and governing documents, and ask your association’s attorney if you’re unsure.

Who should own the HOA’s domain?

The association should. Register it in the HOA’s name, use a shared board email for the account, and pay for renewals from the association’s bank account.

Get your owners a portal

A public website tells people how to reach you. A portal gives owners one place to pay, find documents and read updates. When you’re ready, create your HOA in BoostHOA.