How many homeowners’ votes does it take to approve a special assessment?
First, it takes 51% of the homes to return a ballot to make a quorum in order to conduct an election for a special assessment. Once the HOA has fifty-one or more percent of the votes, it takes 51% of that 51% (or whatever the number is) to approve a special assessment. In other words, 51% of the total number of votes decides a matter (Section 5033.
