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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A proposal to de-annex East Norman would have left the covenants and removed the city
A Norman councilmember floated de-annexing property east of 60th Avenue; three legislators objected and the council declined to advance it — but the idea shows what happens to a subdivision when municipal authority leaves and private covenants stay.
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Montana's homestead rate leaves second homes and entity-owned units at 1.9 percent
House Bill 231 and Senate Bill 542 created a tiered homestead property tax rate starting at 0.76 percent for enrolled primary residences, while second homes, short-term rentals and property owned by an entity pay a flat 1.9 percent.
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Miss one ten-dollar filing and your North Dakota association ceases to exist
N.D.C.C. § 10-33-139 requires a nonprofit annual report before February 2 each year; a year late and the corporation “ceases to exist and is considered involuntarily dissolved by operation of law.”
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A commission may question zoning itself, and its report is due November 1
RSA 674:23-a created a nine-member commission to study the historical evolution of New Hampshire's zoning enabling act and identify legislative alternatives — and the statute repeals the commission the day its final report is due.
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Albuquerque owes park residents 18 months' notice — and puts a 30-year clock on the park
Two provisions of the adopted 2025 zoning update require 18 months' written notice before a rezoning that ends resident occupancy, and cap a nonconforming mobile home development at 30 years.
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The investor bill writes you out of it
HB 2704 would regulate institutional investors buying single-family homes in Pennsylvania — and expressly exempts planned communities, condominiums and cooperatives whose residents own their units or share ownership of the real estate.
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The list that can freeze every sale in your building is one your board cannot read
Fannie Mae does not publish the Condo Project Manager list of projects flagged Unavailable. It is visible only to lenders, there is no notice to the association, and the usual way a Mississippi board finds out is that a unit sale collapses.
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Rhode Island has no right to charge an EV — but it will pay 90% of your association's charger
A 2026 bill to stop condominium and homeowners associations banning EV charger installation died in committee. Meanwhile a state incentive names authorised HOA representatives and covers 90% of cost up to $100,000 a site.
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Ohio's Planned Community Law was not touched this General Assembly
A sweep of all 806 bills in the 136th General Assembly finds not one amending any section of chapter 5312, and only one touching chapter 5311 — the flag section.
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Oregon's second try at county HOA dues died without a hearing
House Bill 4064 refiled the 2025 tax-foreclosure bill verbatim, added a $4.3 million appropriation to one named Oregon HOA, and got no hearing, no testimony and no vote.
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New Jersey court reverses condo injunction over a $40M facade project
In Rialto-Capital Condominium Association v. Coates the Appellate Division vacated a permanent injunction against a unit owner because the trial court granted it on an order-to-show-cause return date without a plenary hearing.
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Unit owners removed an entire New York condo board by written consent — and left it unable to function
Owners holding 66% of common interests validly removed all four board members without a meeting. But they could not fill the seats they emptied: vacancies from removal belong to the remaining directors.
Read the full updateFHA did not follow Fannie and Freddie — two federal condo standards now disagree
Every 2026 FHA Mortgagee Letter was checked and none touches condominium project approval, reserves, owner-occupancy or master insurance. A New Mexico project can be FHA-approved and conventionally unfinanceable at the same time.
Read the full updateOne Oklahoma city mandates your HOA, vets its documents, and can seize its lien
Midwest City § 38-50 requires HOA formation for private streets and detention ponds, has the city attorney review the declaration, forbids developer-subsidised dues projections, vetoes covenant amendments and lets the city enforce the association's own lien.
Read the full updateNo New Hampshire agency hears an HOA dispute — and none was created
The Attorney General's condominium authority stops at the developer's offering stage, New Hampshire has no planned-community statute at all, and nothing adopted in 2025 or 2026 changed either fact.
Read the full updateBoyne settlement sends $6.2 million to three Big Sky condo-hotel HOAs
A class action over mandatory rental-management at Big Sky condo hotels settled for roughly $25 million, including $6.2 million routed to the Shoshone, Summit and Village Center associations in two installments and the removal of the exclusivity requirement.
Read the full updateNorth Dakota's assistance-animal documentation bill drew one vote
SB 2222 would have addressed certification and disability documentation for assistance animals in a rental dwelling. The Senate defeated it 44 to 1, leaving federal law as the only framework — and HUD has since withdrawn its guidance.
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Nevada's grandfather clause no longer protects existing owners from lease limits
AB 396 added NRS 116.2117(9) and opened subsection 6 with “Except as otherwise provided in subsection 9” — so a lender- or insurer-justified leasing amendment can now be enforced against owners who bought before it was recorded.
Read the full updateNo Ohio agency regulates how your association governs itself
Ohio regulates a common-interest community's boiler, elevator, stormwater basin and corporate charter, and none of its government — chapters 5311 and 5312 name no administering agency and send every remedy to court.
Read the full updateA late filing cost these owners every argument
Homeowners who lost a collection trial to their association waived every issue on appeal by filing a late statement of errors, and the Commonwealth Court held counsel’s mis-calendaring was neither an extraordinary circumstance nor good cause.
Read the full updateNew Jersey is still reintroducing HOA COVID immunity bills in 2026
Four bills granting planned real estate development associations immunity from COVID-19 claims were reintroduced in January 2026 — including one that would extend immunity only through December 31, 2022.
Read the full updateBuild a casita in Santa Fe and the City records a covenant against your land
Santa Fe requires accessory dwelling unit owners to record a restrictive covenant in the City's favour that runs with the land, binds all successors, and may be amended by the City from time to time.
Read the full updateDrought orders have voided HOA watering rules in 21 counties
ORS 94.779 and ORS 100.023 void an Oregon association's irrigation requirements automatically while a drought declaration is in effect — no board vote, no amendment, no agency action needed.
Read the full updateNew York bill would void HOA turf mandates — and Hochul vetoed it once already
A10102 passed both houses on June 3, 2026 and would make any covenant banning pollinator or rain gardens void as against public policy. Its predecessor was vetoed in October 2025.
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