Join Camelot’s HOA because it’s within our community’s very best interest to provide financial support for the Delaware Home Owners Association (DMHOA), our only statewide advocacy organization (a few dollars from your membership dues are forwarded to them each year).

DMHOA (pronounced “Duh-Moh-ah”) is a nonprofit organization working to advance our homeowner rights by urging state senators and representatives to pass legislation to curb advantage-seeking by park owners.

DMHOA represents 20,000 manufactured homeowners on leased land, and has assisted, for example, Lewes homeowners when their park owners were in violation of federal standards, some even experiencing failing sewer systems.

DMHOA also pressed legislators to pass what’s become known as “The Tree Bill,” which made park owners responsible for large trees growing on resident lots, those measuring either six inches in diameter or twenty-five feet tall. Prior to that legislation, park owners sought to make residents responsible for pruning and removing large trees on their leased lots.

Each year, $4.00 from your Camelot HOA membership dues are forwarded to DMHOA (HOA dues are currently $20. for one year; $30. for two years, with $8.00 going to support DMHOA). 

For more information about this critically important organization, and/or to attend their meetings in Sussex County (a much-needed way to support their work), please see the DMHOA website: https://www.dmhoa.org  (Residents can join DMHOA as an individual member for $21. a year or $30. for two years.) 

Our Camelot Meadows HOA is an IRS-approved 501c (4) non-profit, a designation assigned to social welfare organizations and local employee associations, which means we are exempt from the federal income tax. However, donations made to us are not tax-deductible. (Membership dues are not considered donations.)

Join Camelot’s HOA to support your HOA Board in acting as a liaison between DMHOA and Camelot, and between Camelot residents and ELS, the corporate owner of Camelot Meadows.

Because ours is an HOA Board elected by homeowner residents who live on leased land (as opposed to land owned by homeowner residents), the Camelot HOA Board lacks any legal oversight or control. Instead, ELS, as the park’s property owner, makes all park rules and can enforce them through legal means, which includes the ability to evict residents who are non-compliant.

That said, apart from its important liaison role with DMHOA, the Camelot HOA Board exists primarily to create resident engagement through community building — social events, Interest Groups, resident listening meetings and communications -- all of which are aimed at enhancing overall neighborliness and a shared sense of community.

The Board can also assist the community by approaching the park office regarding small concerns or issues (when the pool’s first aid kit was missing, for instance, we informed them and a new kit was ordered). And when residents have larger, widely shared concerns, the Board can gather names to demonstrate that a substantial number (ten, say, or twenty) are experiencing the same problem. As an aside, we operate from the perspective that creating and maintaining a cordial relationship with the office leads to better results (how you treat others, is how others treat you).

Join Camelot’s HOA because you’d like to benefit the whole community by contributing your unique participation.

You might become an engaged member of our shared community by offering your thoughts and ideas at HOA meetings, or by speaking with or contacting Board members directly (the Contact Us form exists for this purpose). You also might find ways to lend a hand, keep an eye out (when you’re walking or driving around the park), and most importantly, engage by befriending your neighbors. Many who live here are kind, generous, and interesting people, rich in life experience and well worth getting to know.