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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Bill would have put Massachusetts condo records on a 10-day clock, with a $100-a-day fine
S.980 and H.4826 would have given self-managed associations 10 business days and professionally managed ones 5 to produce records, with a $100 daily penalty. Both died without a floor vote.
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A DeKalb couple face a $20,000 HOA foreclosure, with a hearing set for 23 September
Residents say the association's president was never elected. The couple get no help from Georgia's new HOA law — it is not retroactive, and its foreclosure reforms do not reach condominiums at all.
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Two new Colorado insurance rules name HOA mitigation letters as evidence carriers must consider
Division of Insurance Regulation 5-1-28, effective October 1, 2026, applies to commercial policies covering residential condominium units and lists HOA and community-level mitigation certificates among the evidence an insurer must review. Regulation 5-1-29 follows on January 1, 2027.
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Honolulu's 90-day minimum is on the books and unenforceable
A federal court permanently enjoined enforcement of Ordinance 22-7 against rentals of 30 to 89 days lawfully in existence at its effective date — so a board mirroring the ordinance text is copying a rule the City cannot enforce.
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A federal court narrowed the contract exclusion in an Illinois condo association D&O policy
In Cincinnati Insurance Co. v. Metropolis Condominium Association the Northern District of Illinois held a policy's contract exclusion did not bar coverage for tortious interference with a third party's contract, triggering a duty to defend the whole suit.
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No right to a view, even after the HOA moves a building envelope
Division One affirmed dismissal of a nuisance claim by Mesa homeowners whose view was lost when the association and the city approved relocating a neighbouring lot's building envelope.
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Iowa's ADU mandate overrides city zoning — but not your covenants
SF 592 forces every Iowa city and county to permit an accessory dwelling unit beside a single-family home, then expressly preserves deed restrictions and common-interest-community rules that prohibit one.
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Every residentially zoned lot in a Kansas city is now single-family too
A quiet amendment to K.S.A. 12-758 in SB 418 deems all residentially zoned land inside city limits to be zoned for single-family use, and strips the protest-petition right from owner-initiated rezonings to single-family districts.
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A grievance about a Louisiana board's decision prescribes in one year, not ten
The Second Circuit affirmed dismissal of a suit over a relocated mail kiosk, holding the claim delictual rather than contractual because the declaration's statement of intent to promote members' health, safety and welfare is not an enforceable duty. It is also the first appellate decision to apply the Planned Community Act.
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An Athens HOA told owners to remove fences it had already approved in writing
In Brookhill Landing, homeowners who built fences with written architectural approval received letters from the association's law firm in December 2025 demanding removal within 10 days because the fences sit in a drainage easement.
Read the full updateChicago relaunched energy benchmarking, and the star rating goes in your lobby
The Department of Environment relaunched the benchmarking programme in December 2025 on a new platform, with 2025 energy data due June 1, 2026. It covers condominiums and co-ops of 50,000 square feet or more, with a licensed verifier every three years.
Read the full updateTwo more Georgia HOA officers charged over association money in 2025
A Carrollton treasurer and his wife face theft-by-conversion and forgery counts; a South Fulton president is charged over a reimbursement for security cameras that were never installed.
Read the full updateA full rewrite of Hawaii's planned community statute has sat unfiled since 2023
Act 189 created two task forces. The condominium one finished in June 2026; the planned community one has not met since December 2023 — and its interim report contains a drafted revision of chapter 421J.
Read the full updateColorado's Supreme Court will decide whether a unit owner's guest is an invitee as to the HOA
The court granted certiorari en banc on January 12, 2026 in Twin Shores Master Owners Association v. Willis, on whether a unit owner's guest injured in common elements is afforded invitee status under the Premises Liability Act.
Read the full updateA developer cannot open a second front in the Land Court against individual unit owners
Woodlands View LLC v. Ferree held Rule 12(b)(9) required dismissal of a Land Court action duplicating a pending Superior Court case brought by five condominium trusts, but without prejudice.
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Two Florida cities, two opposite answers on whether condo rentals need a city licence
Cape Coral's rental registration expressly covers condominium units leased to tenants. Sarasota's vacation rental ordinance expressly exempts condominiums and cooperatives.
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Royal Oaks: four defences, none preserved for appeal
A homeowner raised due process, hearsay, the FDCPA and defective service against an HOA dues judgment, and lost all four on the appellate record rather than on the merits.
Read the full updateIllinois codified disparate impact — but not in the Article associations are charged under
Public Act 104-0744 writes disparate-impact liability into the Illinois Human Rights Act for employment, financial credit and public accommodations. It does not amend Article 3, Real Estate Transactions — which is where association rules are challenged.
Read the full updateHawaii replaced its entire condominium rulebook in March 2026
The Real Estate Commission repealed HAR chapter 16-107 — which still implemented the repealed chapter 514A — and adopted eight new chapters governing registration, fidelity bonds, managing agents and reserves.
Read the full updateGeorgia owners get twelve statutory rights — including three years of bank statements
New O.C.G.A. § 43-17A-7 lists what a Georgia association member may demand from 1 January 2027: finalised financials, the association's certificate of insurance, an annual meeting, and freedom to decide who lives in the house.
Read the full updateLouisiana's Planned Community Act reached existing HOAs on January 1, 2026
Act 158 of 2024 replaced Louisiana's nine-section Homeowners Association Act with a fifty-section statute modelled on the Uniform Common Interest Ownership Act, and its delayed second effective date brought pre-2025 communities in eight months ago.
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Eighteen of 151 homes already had the fence — the board could still say no
Strause v. Bradford Grove upholds a refusal under a bare approval clause despite widespread non-enforcement, and applies Kentucky's volunteer-director immunity statute to shield the directors personally.
Read the full updateColorado now presumes an HOA ban on assistance animals is discriminatory
HB26-1045 writes the rescinded federal assistance-animal guidance into the Colorado Anti-Discrimination Act, making a complete prohibition presumptively discriminatory and barring the argument that an animal's mere presence is a direct threat.
Read the full updateA four-word change put 124,400 Massachusetts buildings under the condo conversion law
Section 57 of the Affordable Homes Act inserted owner-occupied into the Condominium Conversion Act's small-building exemption, bringing tenanted two- and three-family buildings into coverage.
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