Latest Legal Updates
Latest Legal Updates
HOA and condominium association legislation, court rulings and regulatory changes across every state, the District of Columbia and federal law — newest first.
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Oregon extends its wildfire insurance cancellation pause to October 29
On September 29, 2026, Oregon's Division of Financial Regulation extended its wildfire emergency order by another 30 days, to October 29, 2026.
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Reported: Nevada commission approved its HOA fine rule on September 9, minus the speech safe harbor
On September 9, 2026 the Nevada Commission for Common-Interest Communities and Condominium Hotels approved LCB File No. R091-25 at its adoption hearing, according to commentary from a Las Vegas homeowner-side attorney published September 11.
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West Virginia Supreme Court upholds equal HOA assessments on an unimproved lot
On July 28, 2026, the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia affirmed a judgment requiring the owner of an unimproved lot in White Rock Mountain Retreat, a planned community in Greenbrier County, to pay three years of unpaid association assessments.
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Washington appeals court: discriminatory HOA covenant enforcement after a purchase can fall under the Law Against Discrimination
On July 21, 2026, Division II of the Washington Court of Appeals held that an association's discriminatory enforcement of its covenants against an owner after the purchase can fall within the Washington Law Against Discrimination (WLAD).
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Court denies HOA class certification over management company's bank earnings credits
A federal magistrate judge in the Eastern District of California, sitting by consent, denied class certification without prejudice on August 28, 2026 in Riva on the River Homeowners Ass'n v. The Management Association, Inc. The association sought to represent other associations against a management company it alleged kept undisclosed bank “earnings credits” generated by pooled association deposits.
Read the full updateHouse bill would create SBA disaster loans for HOA common areas
A bill introduced June 4, 2026 would, if enacted, create a Small Business Administration loan program aimed at community associations' common areas after natural disasters.
Read the full updateFlood insurance program extended to December 11, 2026
The National Flood Insurance Program's authority to write and renew policies, and to borrow from the Treasury, now runs through December 11, 2026.
Read the full updateFederal court: HOA collecting its own assessments is not an FDCPA debt collector
The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma on July 29, 2026 dismissed Fair Debt Collection Practices Act claims against the Silverhawk homeowners' association in Tawose v. Winton, No. CIV-25-1421-R. The court held the association was not a “debt collector” when collecting its own assessments.
Read the full updateROAD to Housing Act becomes law: investor purchase limits and a new manufactured-home definition
The 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act (H.R. 6644) became Public Law 119-101 on July 11, 2026. After the House agreed 358–32 to the Senate's final amendment on June 23, the bill was presented to the President on June 29 and became law without a signature.
Read the full updateSupreme Court to consider Corporate Transparency Act petitions at September 28 conference
Two petitions asking the U.S. Supreme Court to rule on the constitutionality of the Corporate Transparency Act are distributed for the Court's September 28, 2026 conference.
Read the full updateRoof-hardening grant bill would exclude condominiums
A bill introduced August 20, 2026 would, if enacted, fund state programs that give homeowners grants to fortify roofs and harden homes against wildfire — and, as drafted, would exclude condominiums.
Read the full updateFinCEN final rule ends beneficial-ownership reporting for U.S. associations
The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network published a final rule on August 14, 2026 that makes permanent the exemption it first granted by interim rule in March 2025: domestic entities are not “reporting companies” under the Corporate Transparency Act, and U.S. persons no longer report or update beneficial ownership information.
Read the full updateHouse committee advances bill extending FEMA appeal window to 90 days
The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on September 15, 2026 ordered reported, by voice vote, a bill that would give disaster survivors 90 days instead of 60 to appeal a FEMA assistance decision.
Read the full updateEleventh Circuit affirms judgment for condo association on Fair Housing fines claims
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit on August 7, 2026 affirmed summary judgment for a Miami condominium association and its directors on a unit owner's Fair Housing Act disparate-treatment and hostile-housing-environment claims.
Read the full updateFederal court denies class certification in HOA voucher-ban Fair Housing case
A federal court in the Eastern District of Texas on July 24, 2026 denied class certification in Johnson v. FirstService Residential Texas, Inc., the Fair Housing Act case over the Providence Village homeowners' association's 2022 ban on renting to Section 8 voucher holders.
Read the full updateNIST releases technical findings on the Surfside condominium collapse
The National Institute of Standards and Technology released the technical findings of its National Construction Safety Team investigation into the June 2021 partial collapse of Champlain Towers South in Surfside, Florida, on June 22, 2026.
Read the full updateSplit Ninth Circuit panel: fines-only HOA lien notice left no superpriority lien
A divided Ninth Circuit panel on September 25, 2026 ruled for the lender in SFR Investments Pool 1, LLC v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., No. 25-754, a Nevada HOA-foreclosure case.
Read the full updateEighth Circuit: hail appraisal award settles shingle-matching dispute against HOA
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit on September 4, 2026 affirmed judgment for State Farm in Jamestown Villas Homeowners Ass'n v. State Farm Fire & Casualty Co., No. 25-3154, a published opinion.
Read the full updateHouse bill would let FHA insure condo association repair loans
A bipartisan bill introduced June 30, 2026 would, if enacted, let the Federal Housing Administration insure loans made directly to condominium associations for repairs to common elements.
Read the full updateHUD formally withdraws 13 fair housing guidance documents
HUD's Office of General Counsel published notice on July 17, 2026 that it has withdrawn 13 Fair Housing Act guidance documents, effective September 25, 2025.
Read the full updateHUD proposes wider disparate-impact rollback, comments due October 9
HUD published a supplemental proposed rule on August 10, 2026 that widens its pending plan to remove disparate-impact regulations and reopens public comment until October 9, 2026.
Read the full updateFannie Mae and Freddie Mac condo review changes take effect
The condominium changes Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac announced on March 18, 2026 are now in force.
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Wisconsin nearly paid landlords to create new condominium associations
Wisconsin came one Senate committee vote away from a programme that would have used state money to manufacture new condominium associations — paying the attorney fees and permitting costs of turning rental buildings into condominiums, up to $50,000 a parcel.
Read the full updateWisconsin's condition report now warns buyers about resale-price covenants
Wisconsin has a species of restrictive covenant most people have never heard of: a recorded, land-running restriction imposed as a condition of state housing finance, keeping a home owner-occupied for ten years and capping what it can be resold for.
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