Not easy. How can government help?

I've lived in several HOAs over the years and have been on two HOA Boards. This last time, I volunteered to get to know my neighbors better and to help build a sense of "community" among residents. It's a community of about 300 condo units built in the 1960s. In short succession, a number of disasters struck -- gigantic insurance premiums with little advance warning, supply chain problems running up the cost of major projects, three water line breaks. To shorten the story, our Board is struggling with maintenance deferred by prior boards and prior reluctance to adequately fund reserves. We are open with owners about our situation, and we will pull through because of a conscious effort to be as transparent as possible and to find constructive balance between maintenance needs and our owners' financial situations. Our community will be the better for it. If I have any suggestions to offer it is that Boards must keep up with maintenance and maintain proper funding, while at the same time being scrupulously open about any difficulties. We need help from state agencies, not blame. More education of Board members and professional managers, more training in how to maintain mutual trust. The less "us vs them" mentality we foster, the better. We are all in this together, and I believe the role of government is to support, prepare and provide guidance equally as much as to clamp down. Our citizen Boards need support. Please ask how state agencies can assist, as well as develop regulations.