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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Four bills to open up association records died, including a public document portal
A DCCA online portal was gutted in committee and never heard again; a bill cutting the copy fee from $1.00 to 75 cents was deferred; and two bills took opposite positions on charging for resale documents.
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Selective covenant enforcement by race is a Fair Housing Act violation, Eleventh Circuit holds
Watts v. Joggers Run is binding in Georgia. The court held § 3604(b) reaches the privileges and services an HOA contract creates — so post-purchase discrimination in association governance is actionable.
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Massachusetts limits what an insurer can do to a condo roof it only saw from the air
Division of Insurance Bulletin 2025-02 says cosmetic roof discoloration cannot be the sole basis for non-renewal, and a November 2025 advisory warns about fake roof-flagged mailers.
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Citizens' statutory ten-percent penalty is suspended until the end of 2027 — and it reached commercial policies
R.S. 22:2303(D)(1) normally requires Louisiana Citizens to price at least ten percent above the market. That requirement is suspended through December 31, 2027, and Citizens implemented the relief on its commercial book by dividing premium by 1.10.
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Hammocks HOA president sentenced to seven years in what prosecutors call the largest known HOA fraud in the country
Marglli Gallego pleaded guilty to racketeering and was sentenced to seven years in prison followed by seven years' probation. Her husband pleaded guilty to money laundering and forfeited a property to the association.
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Kansas tightened solar interconnection in July. Your covenant is still the first gate
From July 1, 2026 a Kansas customer-generator's system may not exceed export capacity by more than 50 percent, and the statewide net-metering cap steps up to 5 percent in 2027 — neither of which affects whether an association may say no.
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Illinois voids covenants calling a marked squad car a commercial vehicle
Public Act 104-0580 makes it unlawful for an Illinois association to classify a marked police or firefighter vehicle at or under 12,000 pounds as a commercial vehicle, and voids any covenant that does, effective January 1, 2027.
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Fannie Mae retires Limited Review — Iowa's small condo associations get the bill
Lender Letter LL-2026-03 ends the streamlined condo review path from August 3, 2026 and lifts minimum reserve funding to 15% from January 4, 2027 — paperwork Iowa boards have never had to produce, because Iowa law has never asked.
Read the full updateFinCEN ended beneficial ownership reporting for association boards
A final rule effective August 14, 2026 exempts U.S. companies and U.S. persons from Corporate Transparency Act reporting, and FinCEN says it will delete information already filed.
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Colorado gives departing HOA managers 45 days to hand back the records — or pay $250 a day
HB26-1099 adds a new CCIOA subsection requiring a terminated management company to deliver all association property, including account passwords and keys, within 45 days, with a $250-per-business-day penalty and treble damages for willful violations.
Read the full updateEvery Georgia HOA bill that did not pass is now dead for good
Georgia runs a two-year biennium. When the 2026 session adjourned on 2 April, fifteen-plus community-association measures expired permanently and must be refiled from scratch in 2027 with new numbers.
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A Kentucky deed restriction went unenforced since 2001 — and the clock had run out
Russell v. Nunn holds that an action to enforce a deed restriction must be brought within five years under KRS 413.120, barring enforcement against a deck and driveway that had stood for two decades.
Read the full updateAn Illinois board-training deadline of July 1, 2026 came and went unenacted
HB 3586 would have required the Ombudsperson to mandate ethics and fiduciary training for Illinois board members within 90 days of election, starting July 1, 2026. It was re-referred to Rules. Illinois still has no mandatory board training.
Read the full updateMassachusetts ADUs are by right in zoning. That does not reach your condo documents
The Affordable Homes Act made a single accessory dwelling unit by right in single-family districts from 2 February 2025. Neither the statute nor 760 CMR 71.00 preempts a recorded covenant or master deed.
Read the full updateAct 765 preempts “all local standards” on manufactured homes. It never mentions covenants
Louisiana's manufactured and modular housing overhaul, effective January 1, 2027, contains two broad preemption sections. The community-association industry has told its members the Act wipes out HOA construction and installation covenants; the enrolled text preempts local standards and does not use the words association, covenant or servitude.
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Indiana put a sliding ceiling on budgets adopted without a quorum
HEA 1152 replaced a flat rule with three tiers: 110% inside the developer's first five years, the lesser of 105% or Midwest housing CPI afterwards, and a grandfather clause for documents that already allowed 110%.
Read the full updateA Kihei oceanfront condo building is gone, and its association blames the county
The March 2026 Kona low destroyed a building at Kihei Kai that had been damaged in 2025 — putting an AOAO squarely into the substantial-damage route of HRS 514B-47 while owners split over whether to rebuild.
Read the full updateAmendment 3 would halve the assessment cap on the properties most Florida condos actually are
On 3 November Florida voters decide whether to cut the annual assessment-increase cap on non-homestead residential property from 10 percent to 5 percent. A judge struck the Legislature's ballot title as a slogan.
Read the full updateKCK is cutting minimum lots from 5,000 to 3,000 square feet because the state made it
The Unified Government briefed its planning commission in August 2026 on ordinances bringing Wyandotte County into line with SB 418 — a compliance rewrite, not a policy choice, and one that does not reach private covenants.
Read the full updateReported: Castle Rock homeowners took over five metro district boards over $434 million in debt
Residents of The Meadows won control of five of seven metro district boards in May 2025 after reporting on ballooning bond debt — while the master district controlling the bond finances remained in developer hands. No metro district bill was introduced in 2026.
Read the full updateIllinois's condo Ombudsperson handled 378 inquiries on a fifth of one lawyer's time
The Office's report to the General Assembly records 378 written inquiries for the year to August 31, 2026, 85% from unit owners and 11% from board members, and repeats that the Ombudsperson is not a full-time position and has no staff.
Read the full updateGeorgia condominiums get the new HOA registry but none of the collection relief
SB 406's foreclosure threshold, 60-day notice, fines exclusion and attorney-fee gate all amend the Property Owners' Association Act — which by statute does not apply to condominium associations.
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HVAC warranties now transfer with an Alabama condo unit — and no transfer fee is allowed
Act 2025-374, effective October 1, 2025, makes an unexpired manufacturer's HVAC warranty transfer automatically to the buyer of residential real property, expressly including condominium and cooperative units, and bars the warrantor from charging a transfer fee.
Read the full updateMassachusetts came closer to a reserve mandate than it has in years. It still died
Section 4 of S.980 and H.4826 would have set a minimum annual reserve contribution and required a 10-year capital reserve study for associations of 50 or more units. Neither bill got a vote.
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