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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Overland Park cut minimum lots to 4,250 square feet. Nobody mentioned covenants
The city council approved a one-year Portfolio Homes zoning pilot in April 2026, roughly halving minimum lot size and allowing flag lots and cottage courts — in a city where most residential land is already covenanted.
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Cook County will start filing its own housing-screening complaints against associations
The Commission on Human Rights released the first Just Housing Amendment impact assessment on May 26, 2026, finding missing written denials and individualized assessments, and committed to expand enforcement and file more Commission-initiated complaints.
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Florida's bill to exempt shorter condo buildings from reserve studies died without a hearing
SB 722 would have limited the structural integrity reserve study requirement to buildings above a set height and let owners vote to waive or reduce reserve contributions. It never reached a committee agenda.
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Hawaii Act 100 lets the smallest condos waive the triennial reserve-study review
Associations under 20 units in buildings of no more than two stories may now vote to skip the independent reserve-study review for one three-year cycle — but never for two in a row.
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Reported: Idaho's HOA dissolution bill may return in 2027, with no committee behind it
One legislator's mid-session statement is the only on-record signal for 2027 — and the interim study committee that produced the 2026 housing package has not been reconstituted.
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Iowa court orders an outbuilding torn down — and leaves covenant fines undecided
United Properties v. Kratzer affirms removal of a structure built without architectural approval and a $100-a-day charge — but the two strongest owner arguments were forfeited, so Iowa still has no merits ruling on covenant fines.
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Georgia DOT can now buy your HOA's common property by dealing with the board alone
New O.C.G.A. § 32-3-2.1, in force since 1 July 2025, lets an association's board convey common property to the Department of Transportation on behalf of all owners — and binds every owner to the judgment.
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Colorado's own study: HOA insurance premiums up 115%, five carriers hold half the market
The Division of Insurance's HB24-1108 market study found Colorado HOA written premium more than doubled between 2020 and 2024, premium per $1,000 of insured value rose 44%, and the top five insurers went from 26% to 48% of the market.
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Birmingham gets vacant-property registration, and condominium units are in scope
Act 2026-511, effective October 1, 2026, lets Alabama's Class 1 municipality enact vacant-property registration ordinances, with a definition of residential building that expressly names condominiums and townhouses.
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A new super-priority privilege reaches master-metered Louisiana multifamily property
Act 99 of 2025 gave municipalities a recorded privilege against multifamily residential property of more than four units served by a master meter, for unpaid water and sewer charges. Act 575 of 2026 extended it to parishes, sewerage districts and waterworks districts.
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Indiana banned municipal rental caps — with a runway to January 2028
New IC 36-1-20-3.6 bars Indiana cities and counties from capping residential rental use. Ordinances adopted before 2026, including the Fishers and Carmel 10% subdivision caps, get until 1 January 2028.
Read the full updateIllinois stormwater fees bill association parking lots on the commercial formula
Wilmette, Champaign and Decatur charge impervious-surface stormwater fees that hit association common areas — and multi-family and non-residential parcels are billed by formula, not the flat residential tier.
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Going to a regulator does not shield an owner from the association's master deed suit
In Cash Energy Condominium Association v. Cashins the Appeals Court affirmed denial of an anti-SLAPP special motion, holding the association's claims had a substantial basis beyond the owners' petitioning.
Read the full updateAn unsigned mediation term sheet is not an enforceable settlement
The ICA vacated two orders enforcing a mediated settlement where the only proof of the owners' assent was opposing counsel's account of what their lawyer said — and the board approved a different term sheet.
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Arizona HOA boards cannot vote in executive session, and the ruling is now final
The Arizona Supreme Court denied review on September 8, 2026, leaving in place Division One's holding that a planned community board may consider matters in a closed meeting but must take every vote in the open.
Read the full updateGeorgia wrote “community association management services” into its licensing law, and nobody noticed
HB 399 added express broker-licence exemptions for association employees and for volunteers managing their own community — and separately barred local governments from requiring rental registration.
Read the full updateKansas forced cities to approve ADUs, and wrote covenants a shield
SB 418 makes accessory dwelling units, townhouses and small single-family homes approvable by right in every Kansas city, then says in subsection (e) that nothing in it touches a homeowners association's covenants.
Read the full updateColorado HOAs must now count their foreclosures before they can renew registration
Since October 1, 2025 the state's HOA registration has asked four mandatory questions on delinquencies, judgments, payment plans and foreclosure filings, plus nine optional ones on assessments and late fees.
Read the full updateA federal housing act became law without a signature, and Illinois condo buyers are its target
The 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act became law July 11, 2026 after passing 85-5 and 358-32. Its small-dollar mortgage fee review and FHA appraisal reform aim at exactly the sub-$150,000 units Chicago's older condominium stock is full of.
Read the full updateNo condo or HOA bill has been filed for Florida's 2027 session — here is exactly when they will be
The 2027 bill list contains 17 private claim bills and nothing else. Interim committee weeks begin 30 November, and the Senate filing deadline is noon on 2 March 2027.
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Kentucky's insurance regulator: a satellite photo of your roof cannot cancel the policy
Bulletin 2026-01 tells every property and casualty insurer in Kentucky that satellite imagery may not be the sole basis for a cancellation, nonrenewal or claim denial — and that roof streaking is not enough on its own.
Read the full updateLouisiana's wind-mitigation money is written to exclude condominiums
The Fortify Homes grant, the new $10,000 fortified-roof tax credit and the retrofitting deduction are all keyed to a homestead exemption, and two of them exclude condominiums by name. The premium-discount mandate, by contrast, expressly covers commercial property.
Read the full updateA Kau condominium has no water because its private utility was destroyed
Three weeks after Hurricane Lala, a 76-unit Big Island association is on portable toilets and water tanks, restoration is estimated at six to twelve months, and its president wants the utility in receivership.
Read the full updateMassachusetts junk fee rules are in force. Nobody has said whether they reach management charges
940 CMR 38.00 took effect 2 September 2025, requiring total-price and fee disclosure with c. 93A liability. The Attorney General's guidance names insurance and rental housing, but not condominium or HOA fees.
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