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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Every Hawaii condo bill still alive on May 8 is dead, and none of it carries over
Hawaii's biennium rule carries bills from odd years to even years only — so the 33rd Legislature's unfinished condominium work must be reintroduced as new bills in 2027.
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Louisiana's Homeowner Bill of Rights died 9-0 in committee, and its sponsor says he will be back
HB 817 would have written assessment caps, fine ceilings, mandatory owner portals, an Attorney General complaint database and an outright ban on fine liens and foreclosure into the Planned Community Act. It was voluntarily deferred on April 7, 2026 and died at sine die.
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Kentucky's new FORTIFIED roof rider must be offered on houses — not on your condo master policy
HB 527 requires insurers to offer a roof-upgrade rider on non-FORTIFIED single-family dwellings and creates the Strengthen Kentucky Homes grant programme — and the two halves of the Act reach different buildings.
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FinCEN's final rule permanently ends beneficial-ownership filing for Idaho HOAs
The rule published 14 August 2026 narrows "reporting company" to foreign entities, closing out a Corporate Transparency Act obligation that had briefly reached volunteer association boards.
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Iowa's revived multiresidential class splits condos from housing co-ops
From assessment year 2027 the residential class covers parcels with two or fewer dwelling units — which separately assessed condominiums satisfy and single-parcel chapter 499A cooperatives do not.
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Massachusetts condominium study commission cleared committee, then died in Ways and Means again
H.1538 would have seated a seven-member commission with reserved seats for an owner-side attorney and a non-trustee unit owner, reporting by 1 January 2027. It never left House Ways and Means.
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An Illinois design committee banned vinyl windows and owed the builder nothing
In Silverthorne Development v. Sycamore Creek Homeowners Association the Second District affirmed dismissal of tortious interference and conspiracy claims by a homebuilder whose business model depended on the materials standard the committee changed.
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Colorado bill for a four-month binding appraisal on disputed claims died in committee
HB26-1247 would have required homeowner's policies issued after January 1, 2027 to carry a mandatory binding appraisal process with a four-month maximum timeline. It was postponed indefinitely on March 25, 2026, and the state's record carries an unexplained later entry.
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A Georgia HOA can still say no to rooftop solar — the bill to change that was shelved
HB 389 would have barred associations from preventing solar installations. A House committee approved one solar bill in March 2025 and set this one aside “until next year for further work.” Next year never took it up.
Read the full updateA bill to strip the reserve “good faith defense” died in conference twice
SB 253 would have removed the statutory good-faith protection where a board adopts a budget lacking the required summary, and shifted the burden of proving compliance onto the association.
Read the full updateAn Illinois HOA sued its own expert witness and could not prove an injury
In Woodbine Park Prairie Estates Homeowners Association v. Chastain & Associates the Fifth District affirmed summary judgment for an engineering firm the association had retained as its expert in earlier developer litigation.
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A Baldwin County POA lost the pool and won the patio — on its own committee's silence
In Austin Brook & Austin Park POA v. Nabors, the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals let an unapproved swimming pool stay because the architectural committee never responded and never sent a cease-and-desist, while ordering the patio and deck enforced.
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Indiana HOAs can no longer ban amateur radio antennas
New IC 32-25.5-3.4 bars a homeowners association from adopting or enforcing any policy with the effect of prohibiting an amateur radio antenna — but only as to documents adopted or amended after 30 June 2026.
Read the full updateLouisiana HOAs must now carry liability insurance on the common areas — to the extent it is available
R.S. 9:1141.30 creates an affirmative liability-insurance duty for Louisiana planned-community associations, qualified by “to the extent reasonably available,” with a duty to tell the owners when it is not. It imposes no property-insurance mandate at all.
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Kansas suspended city short-term rental caps for the World Cup. That window has closed
HB 2481 barred Kansas municipalities from limiting short-term rental permits between May 15 and July 25, 2026, and forced 15-day permit decisions — but it never reached private covenants, and it expired on July 25.
Read the full updatePolis vetoed the arbitration bill that would have reshaped condo-defect disputes
HB26-1236 passed both chambers and was vetoed on June 2, 2026. It never mentioned HOAs, but it would have voided above-court-cost arbitration fee clauses and removed the bar on exemplary damages in arbitration.
Read the full updateWhat happens next: the Massachusetts condo refile queue, and the dates that are actually published
Formal sessions ended 31 July 2026 and the 194th General Court ends 5 January 2027. Only two 2027 dates are published, and the filing deadline for the 195th is not one of them.
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Florida's condo regulator is proposing citation power — $10 to $30 per unit, per violation
A rule published for comment on 31 July 2026 would let DBPR cite condominium associations directly, with a $500 floor and a citation that becomes a final order if not disputed within 30 days.
Read the full updateTwo lawsuits say Maui's rental phase-out is a taking
Owners at one West Maui condominium and a proposed class of Minatoya-list owners sued the county within a week of Ordinance 5909 being signed; no court had enjoined the ordinance as of this writing.
Read the full updateTybee Island caps rentals by sector while Atlanta's overhaul sits in committee
Georgia has no state short-term rental law, so the rules are municipal — and moving in opposite directions. Tybee's sector caps take effect 1 January 2027; Atlanta's replacement bills are stalled.
Read the full updateChicago would make every condo owner who rents register and pay per unit
The Protecting Renters Ordinance, O2026-0026554, would create a citywide rental registry, cap deposits at one month, and require relocation payments for no-fault non-renewals including condo conversion. A committee vote was scheduled for September 16, 2026.
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More than thirty Arizona HOA bills died in 2026, almost none by a vote
Assessment caps, records access, election reform, a hundred-year sunset on declarations and a mandatory payment-plan rule all failed. Most were never put on a committee agenda at all.
Read the full updateA Colorado condo association's own adjuster file became its insurer's weapon
A federal court in Colorado denied Prairie Walk Condominium Association's Rule 11 sanctions motion on August 6, 2025, after the insurer cured within the safe harbour — in a hail claim where a $1.7 million contractor proposal sat behind a $14 million demand.
Read the full updateKentucky's ADU bill would have overridden your city — never your covenants. It died in committee
HB 203 would have made one accessory dwelling unit a permitted use in every residential zone in Kentucky and capped local fees at $250. It was referred to House Local Government on 14 January 2026 and never heard.
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