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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Maine's community-association commission meets for the first time on 30 September
The 12-member commission created by Resolve 2025, chapter 167 has all its seats filled, chairs named, and a report due 1 December 2026 — and its first meeting is eighteen days from now.
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Maryland passed utility bill relief and left master-metered co-ops and condos out of it
The Co-Op and Condo Energy Refund Equity Act would have redirected energy-fund revenue to residential customers in FY 2027. It died in both chambers, while the broader ratepayer-relief bill became Chapter 353.
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Michigan Senate voted 34–1 to hand developers back land that reverted to co-owners
Senate Bill 272 would make the 2016 “undeveloped land” definition retroactive, undoing the effect of Cove Creek. It passed the Senate in March and has sat in House Regulatory Reform since.
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Missouri just tripled the homestead an assessment judgment cannot touch
House Bill 1870 raises the homestead exemption from $15,000 to $40,000 on 1 January 2027, indexes it to inflation, quintuples the household-goods exemption, and rewrites bank garnishment from 2028.
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Minnesota HOAs get a 21-day notice-and-comment duty before any rule change
From January 2027 Minnesota association rules must be reasonable, and no rule may be adopted, amended or revoked without giving owners at least 21 days to review and comment first.
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The covenant savings clause Nebraska wrote and never passed
LB 1094's By-Right Housing Development Act carried an express statement that restrictive covenants stay enforceable; the bill died in committee and the sentence with it.
Read the full updateThere is fake Michigan condo law circulating online, and it is specific enough to be believed
Several high-ranking sites assert 2025 and 2026 amendments to the Michigan Condominium Act that do not exist — including a mandatory CPA audit under a section number the Act does not contain.
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NC will force cities to allow ADUs — and expressly leaves HOA bans intact
New G.S. 160D-917 requires larger North Carolina cities to permit accessory dwelling units from January 2027, but subsection (e)(1) preserves the enforceability of private covenants restricting dwelling types.
Read the full updateMaryland nearly required every HOA over 100 lots to run a document portal. The bill never got a vote
SB 919 would have forced larger associations to post governing documents and board minutes online within 30 days, and would have let boards borrow to fund reserves on a 51 percent owner vote. It died in one committee and never left another.
Read the full updateVerified: no Maine statute governs a homeowners association
Title 33 runs to 39 chapters and exactly three touch common-interest housing — two condominium acts split at 1 January 1983, and timeshares. Planned communities of single-family homes appear nowhere.
Read the full updateMissouri Supreme Court: a pre-2023 solar ban in your covenants is unenforceable
In Eikmeier v. Granite Springs, a unanimous Supreme Court of Missouri held that section 442.404.3 reaches covenants recorded long before the statute took effect, and struck down a street-facing-only placement rule.
Read the full updateMinnesota gives HOAs 90 days to decide an architectural application
Chapter 82 requires every Minnesota association with design-approval authority to adopt a written procedure by rule and to decide a complete application within 90 days, in writing and reasonably.
Read the full updateMichigan's solar law may not reach your condominium at all
The Homeowners' Energy Policy Act never defines the entity it regulates, and section 13 excludes common areas and shared roofs — leaving attached condominiums in an unsettled position and site condominiums squarely covered.
Read the full updateLincoln widened its ADU rules in March and said nothing about covenants
Text Amendment 26002, approved March 30, 2026, drops the lot-area trigger for accessory dwelling units from the two-family minimum to the single-family minimum.
Read the full updateBaltimore City began twice-yearly inspections of problem rental buildings in January, and rented condos are in scope
The Strengthening Renters' Safety Act took effect for priority dwellings on 1 January 2026: buildings of 20 or more units with ongoing safety problems face at least two city-directed inspections a year and licence revocation.
Read the full updateNorth Carolina repeals the covenant exception for US and NC flags
Section 4 of the Regulatory Reform Act of 2026 strikes the drafting exceptions that let a declaration restrict flag display, so no covenant can now limit a 4x6 US or North Carolina flag on an owner's own property.
Read the full updateFHA widened who may file a condominium project approval
HUD Mortgagee Letter 2025-23 expanded the list of parties who can submit a condominium project for FHA approval, for case numbers assigned on or after 1 January 2026 — useful where an approval has stalled for want of a filer.
Read the full updateSt. Louis legalised backyard cottages citywide. Your indenture still stands.
Ordinance 72036 permits attached and detached accessory dwelling units by right in every residential zone, while zoning code § 26.04.040 states the code does not abrogate or annul any easements, covenants or other agreements between parties.
Read the full updateMinnesota bans HOA retaliation against owners who assert their rights
Chapter 82 adds a statutory retaliation claim to the MCIOA rights-of-action section, defines retaliation to include unauthorised charges and restricted privileges, and makes a Safe at Home data disclosure a violation of the chapter.
Read the full updateA Michigan court called an association's own records “deceptive” and threw out its foreclosure
Woodside Meadows lost at trial because the judge found its ledgers untrustworthy. The Court of Appeals affirmed: admitting records as business records does not oblige a factfinder to believe them.
Read the full updateThe bill to halve Maryland's resale-package fee got a favourable Senate report on the last day and never reached a vote
HB 1132 would have cut the condominium and HOA resale certificate fee cap from $250 to $100 and the delivery window from 20 days to 10. It passed the House 130-0 and cleared Senate second reading on sine die day.
Read the full updateNebraska has America's costliest home insurance and no condo data at all
Nebraska premiums run near $6,400 a year, the highest in the country, and no regulator or trade body publishes anything on association master-policy costs.
Read the full updateA Michigan manager could file suit without a board vote, and the association took $24,086 in fees
Farmington Square v Mitan held that the management agreement and bylaws authorised the manager to commence the action, that eviction and money damages can be pursued together, and that the fee award stood.
Read the full updateReported: buying the condominium was the arbitration agreement, a Missouri court holds
In Haack v. Jarvis, the Western District is reported to have upheld an arbitration award on the ground that owning a unit subject to declarations requiring arbitration supplied the agreement to arbitrate.
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