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 rebate that would have paid for HOA re-roofs passed both chambers — and was vetoed
HB 153 would have rebated low-carbon construction materials including roofing, asphalt and concrete, with a project definition that covers association capital work. The Governor vetoed it in March 2026.
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A rewrite of Oklahoma's HOA lien statute passed committee 10-0, then was never scheduled
HB 2264 would have barred any lien or foreclosure unless the owner was told in writing about the association when they joined, imposed a three-year wait before foreclosure, and made a winning homeowner's judgment an obligation of the association.
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Oregon now polices solar and fire hardening by different rules
ORS 94.778 still lets an Oregon board impose reasonable aesthetic conditions on solar panels; SB 1551 gives fire-hardened materials a tighter test and a 90-day clock the solar statute never had.
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FCC: an architectural-approval clause is itself an OTARD violation
A November 2025 FCC declaratory ruling and citation held that requiring prior committee approval for an antenna violates the OTARD rule on its own, and that filing a petition freezes an association's fines immediately.
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New Jersey association boards no longer file beneficial ownership reports
A FinCEN final rule effective August 14, 2026 permanently removes US entities from Corporate Transparency Act reporting, ending the obligation New Jersey HOA and condo boards had been told to prepare for.
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Montana bill giving workforce-housing covenants statutory footing died in committee
House Bill 422 would have added income- and occupation-restricted affordability covenants to the list of covenants that run with the land under section 70-17-203; it was tabled ten days after its hearing and died.
Read the full updateA New Mexico covenant can die the moment one person owns every lot — permanently
The Court of Appeals affirmed that a subdivision restriction was extinguished by merger because one couple owned every burdened and benefited tract when it was recorded. Later severance does not revive it.
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An owner paid off her HOA arrears two years early. The association could not add its legal fees or hold the sale.
The First Department held that the payment agreement, not the bylaws, governed — and that unconditional tender of the full amount due before the sale waived the association’s right to proceed.
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Ohio has no facade or structural inspection rule, and none is proposed
A full-text search of 544 pages of Ohio's proposed building and residential code rules returns zero hits for facade, structural inspection or periodic inspection — eleven months after a Cincinnati condominium balcony collapsed under ten people.
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In Rhode Island an association's ADU ban is void — and its ADU short-term rental ban is state law
Section 45-24-73(b)(6) is the one Rhode Island statute that expressly voids condominium and homeowners association covenants. Newport's ordinance mirrors it — and separately bars ADUs from being rented through a hosting platform.
Read the full updateOklahoma's short-term-rental covenant question is now before the Supreme Court
Certiorari was granted on November 17, 2025 in SilverHawk HOA v. Tawose, putting the question of whether a residential-purposes covenant bars short-term rentals before the Oklahoma Supreme Court for the first time.
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Nevada voided any HOA rule restricting summer construction start times
AB 478 struck the population threshold from NRS 116.347, extending the April–September construction-hours rule statewide, and declared void any governing-document provision more restrictive than the act.
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Two years, and not one word of Title 68
The 2025-2026 session produced 111 general acts and amended none of Pennsylvania's condominium, cooperative or planned-community statutes — the last substantive change is still Act 115 of 2022.
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North Dakota's new name rules name the chapter your association incorporates under
New N.D. Admin. Code ch. 72-03-02, effective January 1, 2026, sets a distinguishable-in-the-records standard for filings under chapter 10-33 and the Trade Names chapter — switched on by a certification that has not been confirmed.
Read the full updateLimited Review is gone, and Oregon condos now face the full file
For applications received on or after August 3, 2026, Fannie Mae retired Limited Review and Freddie Mac retired Streamlined Review — so every conventional loan on an Oregon condo unit now triggers a full project review.
Read the full updateAlbuquerque gave mobile home park residents a chance to buy. The state twice refused.
The Manufactured Home Community Stability and Empowerment Ordinance has been in the Albuquerque code since January 2025, requiring notice of an intent to sell and good-faith consideration of a resident offer.
Read the full updateNobody in New Hampshire licenses your community association manager
New Hampshire has no community-association-manager credential and created none in 2025 or 2026 — but a manager who collects rents, rather than assessments, can land inside broker licensing.
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FHA automated single-unit condo case numbers, which matters most on the Mississippi Coast
Since May 26, 2026 a condominium project registered in FHA Connection as Expired or Rejected receives a case number automatically for Single-Unit Approval, removing manual review from the only FHA path available in unapproved buildings.
Read the full updateNew Jersey's REAL rules changed the standards for HOA stormwater basins
NJDEP's Resilient Environment and Landscapes rules took effect January 20, 2026, amending the stormwater, flood hazard, coastal and wetlands chapters that govern association-owned infrastructure.
Read the full updateWhat the candidates for governor have said about your tax bill
Neither candidate has said anything on the record about HOAs or condominiums — but the Republican nominee's clearest statement points Ohio property-tax policy at the legislature convening in January 2027.
Read the full updateTwo January 1, 2027 deadlines are coming at New York City buildings, and one of them needs a permit
DOB issued a “FINAL REMINDER” in July 2026 on single-plunger elevator brakes. Separately, natural gas detectors are due in every dwelling unit — unless a determination that was due in July 2026 moved the date.
Read the full updateOklahoma sellers must now disclose unpaid HOA dues, by amount, on a state form
The Residential Property Condition Disclosure Statement effective January 1, 2026 asks whether dues or assessments are unpaid and how much — surfacing an association lien risk before a purchase offer is accepted.
Read the full updateMontana's insurance regulator will investigate blanket wildfire coverage refusals
A July 2025 advisory memorandum from Montana's Commissioner of Securities and Insurance tells all licensed property and casualty insurers that wildfire-based refusals must be case-by-case, citing section 33-18-210(7) on unfair discrimination by geographic location.
Read the full updateNew Mexico condo associations must budget 15% to reserves by January 4
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac raised the replacement-reserve minimum from 10 percent to 15 percent of annual budgeted assessment income for loan applications dated on or after January 4, 2027.
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