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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Alabama bars non-renewals and surcharges based only on a catastrophe claim — wind pool included
Revised Bulletin 2025-08, issued February 4, 2026, makes it an unlawful trade practice to cancel, non-renew or surcharge a personal or commercial property policy based solely on a catastrophe claim, and it binds the Alabama Insurance Underwriting Association.
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A Colorado HOA won its arbitration clause — and was warned it can lose it by stonewalling
A federal court in Colorado compelled a Highland Bridge Lofts owner's entire suit — fines, surveillance, balcony damage and discrimination claims — into mandatory ADR, while expressly warning the association that refusing to participate could forfeit the right.
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Massachusetts condo owners' rights bill died twice in one session
The same eight-section rewrite of the Condominium Act was filed as S.980 and again as H.4826, cleared two different committees, and reached no floor vote before formal sessions ended on 31 July 2026.
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Six arrested over an alleged $5.8m scheme against five Miami-Dade associations
Miami-Dade Sheriff's Office announced arrests after a two-year investigation into property-management companies allegedly used to control association finances. All charges are allegations.
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Seven Iowa manufactured-home bills, none enacted — including the one landlords wanted
Six resident-protection bills died at first funnels across two sessions. SF 412, the landlord-side measure, passed the Senate 34-16 and then died on the House Ways and Means calendar at sine die.
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Illinois court upholds punitive damages against a man who froze an HOA's bank account
In Board of Directors of the Lakelands Estate Homeowner's Association v. Pamnani the Third District affirmed summary judgment and punitive damages against an individual who held himself out as acting board president and seized control of association funds.
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The only bill to touch Louisiana's solar-rights statute would have narrowed it — and failed 46-53
R.S. 9:1255 bars unreasonable restriction of a solar collector but self-limits against building restrictions requiring prior approval. HB 615 of 2025 would have added the words “for residential purposes” and inserted permitting into the carve-out. The House rejected it on final passage.
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The 2050 cesspool deadline is running nine times behind pace
About 83,000 Hawaii cesspools remain against a statutory 2050 conversion deadline, at fewer than 400 conversions a year against a needed 3,400 — and a shared system is a common expense, not an owner's problem.
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The Legislature's own HOA memo lists two bills, and both are dead
The Kansas Legislative Research Department reissued its briefing on the Kansas Uniform Common Interest Owners Bill of Rights Act in 2026. Its \u201crecent HOA legislation\u201d section covers two 2024 bills, both of which failed, and nothing since.
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Georgia's whole building code family moved to the 2024 editions in January
The DCA Board adopted eight new State Minimum Standard Codes effective 1 January 2026 — including the fire code that governs multifamily buildings and the pool code that governs every HOA amenity.
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Arizona expanded HOA flag rules twice, in two acts that ignore each other
SB 1184 adds armed forces division flags to the list Arizona associations may not prohibit; SB 1808 adds a ninth category. Both amend the same two sections without referencing the other, so neither chapter alone states the law.
Read the full updateColorado's new AI law reaches HOA screening decisions from January 2027
SB26-189 repealed and replaced Colorado's AI Act, and its covered domains include the lease or purchase of residential real estate — with no small-entity exemption for associations that use scoring tools.
Read the full updateIllinois removed the last cost of striking a racist covenant — the board power was already there
Public Act 104-0187 eliminated the recording fee and copy charges for a restrictive covenant modification. The board-majority authority that trade alerts credit to it actually dates to 2022.
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Kentucky will licence EV charging stations from January 2027 — most association chargers fall outside it
HB 757, enacted over the Governor's line-item veto, requires a retail electric vehicle charging licence and a $100-per-port annual fee from 1 January 2027 — but only where a station is 20 kW or more, open to the public, and sells electricity at retail.
Read the full updateHawaii Supreme Court: resale documents offered as downloads must be free
Caven v. Certified Management holds that HRS 514B-154.5(e) reaches a managing agent's own portal — so processing, expedite and transfer fees on a downloaded resale package are not lawful.
Read the full updateFannie Mae's reserve floor rises to 15 percent, and Massachusetts has no statute to fall back on
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac raised the minimum reserve contribution from 10 to 15 percent of budgeted assessment income effective 4 January 2027, with a reserve study exception that most associations cannot meet.
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Indiana ruling limits architectural review to “a Lot”
Christmas Lake Properties won the waterfront-rights half of this appeal and lost the architectural-review half, because its approval power was written to reach lots and the disputed ground was not one.
Read the full updateHUD will no longer charge HOAs over untrained support animals — and Georgia has no state backstop
A 22 May 2026 enforcement memo limits FHEO cause findings to animals trained to provide disability-related assistance. The Fair Housing Act is unchanged, and private suits remain — but the administrative route is closed.
Read the full updateA bill giving Louisiana HOAs standing to sue nearby short-term rentals passed the Senate 29-7 and died
SB 225 of 2025 would have created a statewide cause of action against unlicensed or non-conforming short-term rentals and expressly named homeowners, condominium and neighbourhood associations as plaintiffs. It cleared the Senate and died in House Civil Law and Procedure.
Read the full updateFlorida's first-ever HOA director education rule took effect this week — and the board must do the suspending
Rule 61B-19.004, effective 7 September 2026, sets the education requirements for homeowners' association directors and directs that a non-compliant director be suspended by the board itself.
Read the full updateAn Illinois owner's own insurer paid first, and the association may set it off
In Board of Directors of 1212 Lake Shore Drive Condominium Association v. List the First District held the collateral source rule does not apply where the declaration and Section 12(e) contemplate coordinated owner and association coverage — but the setoff cannot be resolved on summary judgment.
Read the full updateFrom January, Colorado park residents get the infrastructure records before they bid
HB26-1224, effective January 1, 2027, expands what a mobile home park landlord must disclose on an intent to sell — including three years of infrastructure inspection and repair records and the age of major infrastructure.
Read the full updateFannie and Freddie rewrote the condo rules — a $50,000 per-unit deductible cap and no more Limited Review
From July 1, 2026 a per-unit master-policy deductible above $50,000 fails; from August 3, 2026 nearly every conventional loan in an established condo project needs a Full Review.
Read the full updateAlabama's $10,000 wind-mitigation grant excludes condominiums — by rule, not by oversight
Strengthen Alabama Homes pays the full cost of a FORTIFIED roof up to $10,000, but Ala. Admin. Code r. 482-1-159-.02 requires an owner-occupied single-family primary residence and says the home cannot be a condominium.
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