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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Chicago aldermen now get quarterly short-term rental data on every building
An amendment to the Shared Housing Ordinance requires monthly operator reports to BACP and quarterly ward summaries to aldermen — a new enforcement lever for boards, alongside the Prohibited Buildings List and new state lodging tax collection.
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Georgia court fines a homeowner $2,500 for a frivolous appeal against her HOA
After a ten-year assessment fight, the Court of Appeals imposed a penalty on its own motion — part of a striking pattern of unrepresented Georgia homeowners losing HOA appeals by one-page order.
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Colorado bill to void mandatory golf-club covenants — and open club books — died 8-5
HB26-1316 would have voided post-2027 covenants requiring club membership and forced private clubs to disclose budgets and minutes, suspending dues until they did. It expressly exempted HOAs and metro districts, and was postponed indefinitely on March 24, 2026.
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A bank cannot void its own foreclosure to escape maintenance fees
The ICA held in Palm Villas II that only the mortgagor may elect to void a defective nonjudicial foreclosure — so a lender that bought at its own auction stays the owner, and stays liable for assessments.
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The plan to put Indiana HOAs under the Attorney General died unheard
Senate Bill 445 would have required every Indiana HOA to run a website, notify the Attorney General, and put board members through a state-built training course. No successor bill has been filed.
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An Iowa condo association missed the probate deadline by four months and got a second chance
In Estate of Von Stark, the Court of Appeals reversed a probate court that applied an abandoned diligence test, and revived Applewood Manor's $191,912 claim under the "peculiar circumstances" exception.
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Alabama's wind pool will not write a condominium master policy — and says so in writing
The Alabama Insurance Underwriting Association's rules, effective November 1, 2025, exclude loss assessment, blanket insurance and schedules involving more than one building, and forbid writing multiple condominium units on one policy.
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Louisiana owners can now remove an HOA director by majority vote, with or without cause
R.S. 9:1141.39 gives lot owners a removal power that overrides contrary community documents, while R.S. 9:1141.21 fixes board composition at three or more lot owners and lists six things a board may not do.
Read the full updatePritzker's housing plan would reach into common elements, and he has vowed to revive it
The BUILD package would legalize middle housing and ADUs by right statewide and preempt home rule. It stalled on June 1, 2026; the Governor says he will push it in the veto session. CAI engaged a sponsor over language allowing development in common elements.
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The Corporate Transparency Act question is permanently closed for Massachusetts associations
FinCEN's final rule, announced 11 August 2026 and effective 14 August 2026, permanently ends beneficial ownership reporting for domestic reporting companies, which covers essentially every association.
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Kansas AG: anyone can charge a homeowner to handle their storm claim
Attorney General Opinion No. 2025-22, issued at the Insurance Commissioner's request, concludes that the Public Adjusters Licensing Act reaches only commercial lines — leaving residential public adjusting entirely unlicensed in Kansas.
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Fannie Mae banned the reserve-funding method Florida's SIRS statute requires
Fannie Mae's Selling Guide now bars the baseline funding method from satisfying its reserve test. Florida's structural integrity reserve study statute requires a baseline plan as its minimum. Both are in force.
Read the full updateA Georgia covenant that bars combining lots does not bar building across them
In Anderson v. Tolomato Island, the Court of Appeals applied Georgia's strict-construction rule and reversed — while warning the owner that winning the declaration point does not mean the review board must approve his house.
Read the full updateColorado's HOA foreclosure rules now run on four separate clocks
HB25-1043 has been in force since October 1, 2025, requiring a ledger within seven business days, three advisements 30 days before foreclosure, notice of a right to cure within five business days after, and certified mail plus two other channels.
Read the full update“Unavailable in CPM” for insurance reasons stops every conventional loan
Fannie Mae will not accept loans in a project flagged unavailable for insurance reasons even when the automated underwriting system says approved — and lenders must report deferred maintenance within five business days.
Read the full updateAn Illinois bill named selective muting as a governance abuse; it never left Rules
HB 5585 would have barred Illinois condominium boards from suppressing owner participation through arbitrary forum closures, selective muting or viewpoint-based exclusion, and prohibited retaliation against owners who request records or file complaints.
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Kentucky froze new public adjuster licences for two years — right as association claims got harder
HB 568 imposes a two-year moratorium on new public adjuster and apprentice licences, bars adjusters from working during the rescission period, and prohibits affiliations with contractors who solicit claim business.
Read the full updateA Boston property manager collapsed, and roughly 200 condo associations are still counting
Trustees of a South End condominium allege $805,000 in insurance proceeds left their accounts through 64 unauthorised wire transfers. The manager has made an assignment for the benefit of creditors.
Read the full updateThe HOA ombudsman Georgia nearly created — and didn't
Senator Donzella James's SB 107 would have put an Office of the Ombudsman inside the Department of Community Affairs, with a 180-day right of redemption after foreclosure. Its companion SB 108 would have subordinated HOA liens to unpaid medical bills.
Read the full updateLouisiana's only recurring inspection duty on condominium buildings is the elevator
Act 297 of 2025 amended R.S. 40:1646 and the State Fire Marshal stood up a conveyance-device regime by emergency rule effective January 1, 2026: owner registration, an annual witnessed inspection, a certificate in the car, and a five-year full-load test from July 1, 2028. The permanent rule is still not codified.
Read the full updateColorado now counts HOA dues and metro-district fees against a 35% affordability cap
SB26-040 rewrites the Proposition 123 affordable home ownership test so that homeowners' association fees and metropolitan district fees count toward the maximum monthly housing payment, effective July 1, 2026.
Read the full updateHawaii Act 37 puts write-in candidates inside cumulative voting
Act 37 redefines “candidate” to include write-ins in both condominium and planned community association board elections, closing the early-nomination-cutoff tactic, effective May 26, 2026.
Read the full updateChicago facade reports are due November 1 and December 1, and your amenity deck counts
Every Chicago building 80 feet or taller owes recurring exterior wall reports — ongoing inspections by November 1, critical examinations by December 1. Rooftop terraces and amenity decks require scaffold drops, and one unsafe finding ends the cheap path.
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A bill nobody filed under “HOA” just narrowed Arizona solar rights
SB 1419 limits the statutory definition of “solar energy device” to systems serving on-site residential demand. Because A.R.S. §§ 33-1816 and 33-439 protect only devices as defined in that section, the HOA solar protection narrows with it.
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