Membership

Donate to FHHO

Your contribution is critical to the success of this organization and the community we are deeply committed to serving. We invite you to join us as an FHHO Supporter or Champion this year. One time donations can be made through PayPal, Zelle, Venmo, or by check. Monthly donations can be automatically set up through PayPal. With a recurring donation, you won’t need to do anything to renew your support next year!

Without your voluntary support, we cannot fulfill our mission. Your contributions support:

  • Welcome packets for new residents

  • Community events

  • Newsletter creation and distribution

  • Website maintenance 

  • Operating costs and upkeep of the Blue Cottage and Burlington wooded lot 

Thank you for your support. Every dollar you donate is an investment in our community and the quality of our neighborhood.  

FHHO Supporter

$100 a year or $9 a month

Benefits include:

  • Name listed in the newsletter and online

FHHO Champion

$150 and more a year or $13 a month

Benefits include:

Please make your contribution a recurring monthly gift through PayPal to help support FHHO throughout the year and beyond!

Click the “Donate” button to make your PayPal contribution

One Time Donations are also accepted through:

  • Venmo - @HOA1950

  • Zelle - treasurer@fhho.org

  • Check

If using a check, mail your contribution to:

Forest Hill Home Owners, Inc.
2419 Lee Boulevard
Cleveland Heights, OH 44118-1206

FHHO Members

All home owners automatically become members of Forest Hill Home Owners Association (FHHO) upon signing the deed to their house. According to the Articles of Incorporation filed with the Secretary of State in 1950, FHHO is a member-supported Home Owners Association that was formed to enforce the restrictive covenants that cover every property in Forest Hill and maintain the wellbeing of the community. Every home-owner agreed to abide by the covenants upon signing their deed. Since its formation in 1950, the Forest Hill HOA has enforced the intent of the restrictive covenants, ensuring that the high-quality workmanship, construction materials, architectural features and distinguished appearance, as well of the well-groomed landscapes, of our community of historic homes, have been maintained to high standards, increasing property values, and ensuring our community remains vibrant and desirable.  

Dues/Contributions

While the covenants stipulate that the specific architectural features, high-quality construction, carefully designed and manicured landscaping, and desirability of the community that make Forest Hill so unique should be maintained, they do not stipulate how this should be enforced or financed. Although only about 130 of the approximately 960 lots in Forest Hill had been built up, the very early residents had the foresight to form a Home Owner’s Association. As each block of houses was completed, Roose, the Grantor to whom Rockefeller had transferred the rights to oversea the protective covenants, transferred the rights for the lots in that block to FHHO. Eventually, FHHO was the Grantor for every lot in Forest Hill, each of which is subject to the restrictive covenants. Thus, in addition to agreeing to abide by the intent of the covenants, all home owners automatically become members of FHHO upon signing the deed to their house.

Since the covenants do not allow us to charge mandatory dues, FHHO relies on the voluntary contributions of residents, local businesses and other “Friends of Forest Hill.“ Contributions are critical for survival since we have to cover mandatory expenses, such as regular filing of documents with the Secretary of State, and the annual indemnity insurance for all elected officials of FHHO required by the Ohio Revised Code for all HOAs. The Ohio Revised Code also requires that we maintain a record of all residents, addresses, and contact information; this requires costs of maintaining and hosting a cloud-based database and email server. Given that not all residents should be expected to have access to the internet, it also requires that we notify residents of any members meeting by mail, thus incurring costs of printing, mailing and postage to the 1000 homes in our database. Similar mailing costs are required whenever we have to let residents know that we are looking for candidates for elections. Then there are the taxes for the Blue Cottage, a historic landmark used as FHHO’s corporate offices and a site for various business and social events for members of FHHO. Housekeeping costs include liability insurance, building insurance, repairs, such as a recent furnace repair and re-coating of the driveway and parking lot required by the City; there are contracts such as those for snow-plowing, landscaping of the cottage grounds, mowing of the tree lawn on the corner of Mayfield/Burlington which is directly in front of a vacant, wooded lot owned by the association, and mowing the Northvale triangle in East Cleveland. To communicate with residents, there are the costs of website development, maintenance, and hosting. We also have costs for the printing and mailing of the newsletters that we like to send out every 3-4 months, providing reminders of various items relating to the protective covenants and standards, tips on restoration methods and sources, information on upcoming events, or just to keep members informed about social events or accomplishments of other residents.

Your contribution is critical to the success of the organization and the community that the elected officials of FHHO are deeply committed to serving.

Without your voluntary support, we cannot fulfill our mission. As you can see, your contributions are required in a myriad of ways to maintain the quality of our neighborhood, which in turn helps increase the value of your most significant investment, your home.

Thank you for supporting Forest Hill Home Owners.  Every dollar you donate is a wise investment in your community.