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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Arkansas quietly repealed the statute that voided covenants banning disability group homes
Act 850 of 2025 repealed the Location Act, including a section declaring any subdivision covenant that barred a family home for people with developmental disabilities void as against public policy.
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Connecticut associations are permanently out of beneficial ownership reporting
FinCEN's final rule, effective August 14, 2026, permanently ends beneficial ownership reporting for entities formed in the United States — removing the Corporate Transparency Act question that hung over Connecticut association boards since 2024.
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SB 625 already voids California CC&Rs that block disaster rebuilding
In force since January 1, Chapter 548 adds Civil Code sections 4752 and 4766: a 110 percent rebuild envelope, a deemed-complete default at 30 days, and mandatory attorney's fees.
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Delaware tenants can now stop an eviction until the moment it is executed
A new 25 Del. C. § 5716A, in force since September 1, 2026, gives a right of redemption in summary possession actions — and says expressly that it covers a lot in a manufactured home community.
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Federal court won't freeze a DC condo board's $200-a-day fines
In 14PNWDC LLC v. Zapata-Mercado, a judge denied a temporary restraining order against daily fines and a $10,000 legal-expense special assessment, holding the harm was compensable and foreclosure was neither certain nor imminent.
Read the full updateThe balcony inspection deadline California HOAs keep getting wrong
Two statutes, two deadlines, two cycles — and the January 1, 2026 date belongs to the one that expressly excludes common interest developments.
Read the full updateDC's RENTAL Act rewrote the route by which buildings become co-ops
D.C. Law 26-80 exempts buildings under 15 years old from TOPA, defines when an entity transfer counts as a sale, and creates certification regimes for the advisers and purchasers who stand up a tenant cooperative.
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Idaho Supreme Court: a county boundary adjustment cannot lift covenants off a lot
Jordan v. Powers holds that an amended plat does not remove land from recorded CC&Rs, but reverses the finding that those covenants barred a road and vacates both the injunction and a $23,453 fee award.
Read the full updateConnecticut's largest housing co-op starts its handover back to residents — with the steam pipes still failing
A judge has ordered a resident advisory board at Success Village, the 924-household Bridgeport-Stratford cooperative in receivership since 2024. The receiver expects to exit within 6 to 12 months, leaving an annual steam-system bill of $700,000 to $800,000.
Read the full updateArkansas's only recent attempt to open POA books to state audit died twice without a vote
Two 2025 bills would have defined property owners associations in Arkansas statute and exposed the largest of them to Arkansas Legislative Audit. One was withdrawn in nine days; the other died in committee without a recorded vote.
Read the full updateDC court: a conversion-era tenant protection did not die with the tenant
In Potomac Place Associates v. Mendez, the Court of Appeals held a co-signing son remained protected after his elderly mother's death, because he was a bona fide tenant at the time of the building's condominium conversion.
Read the full updateZone 0 approved: no mulch and no new wood fences within five feet of a home
The Board of Forestry adopted first-in-the-nation ember-resistant zone rules on August 19. They are at the Office of Administrative Law and not yet effective.
Read the full updateConnecticut's 2026 ADU bill lost its power over association covenants, then died anyway
House Bill 5507 would have made accessory dwelling units as-of-right statewide. As raised it reached into common interest community covenants; that language was removed before it advanced, and the bill then died on the House calendar.
Read the full updateFederal bill would let FHA finance condo repairs and special assessments
H.R. 9569 would amend the National Housing Act so FHA can insure association rehabilitation loans under Section 234 and let individual owners finance special assessments through 203(k). It was referred to committee in June 2026.
Read the full updateHot Springs Village raised assessments 2.3% without a member vote — and the class action is still open
The largest gated community in the United States set 2026 assessments at $115.79 a month for improved lots under a board-applied CPI escalator, while a putative class action over the Declaration continues.
Read the full update$250,000 in punitive damages: when the business judgment rule stops protecting a board
Ridley v. Rancho Palma Grande affirms an injunction and punitive damages against an association that rejected unanimous expert opinion and misstated facts to agencies.
Read the full updateDC reverse-mortgage rescue fund now pays condo and HOA fees
The DC Housing Finance Agency's foreclosure-prevention program is permanent, its per-household cap rose from $25,000 to $40,000, and association fees became an eligible use of the money.
Read the full updateConnecticut's reserve-study bill died without a hearing — and Fannie Mae set the standard instead
Senate Bill 816 would have required every Connecticut association to perform an annual reserve study. Introduced by the Senate President Pro Tempore, it never got a hearing. Five years after Surfside, Connecticut still has no reserve or inspection mandate.
Read the full updateCalifornia HOA fines are capped at $100 — and owners get to cure first
AB 130 rewrote Civil Code sections 5850 and 5855 in June 2025: a hard cap, an open-meeting finding for anything above it, no late fees on fines, and a cure right that voids discipline.
Read the full updateDC court: Water Authority never justified how it bills master-metered condos
In Capitol Park IV Condominium Association v. DC Water, the Court of Appeals vacated summary judgment, holding the Authority gave no rational explanation for tying stormwater classification to whether a property is individually metered.
Read the full updateTwenty years of unenforced covenants did not kill a 1969 subdivision's bill of assurance
A bank that got its lot rezoned commercial argued the Goodhaven Subdivision's covenants had been abandoned; the Arkansas Court of Appeals disagreed and affirmed a permanent injunction.
Read the full updateLA County rentals must hold 82°F from 2027 — on walls the HOA controls
The county's maximum indoor temperature ordinance lands on condominium owners who rent, while the surfaces the equipment needs belong to the association.
Read the full updateDC developer pays $400,000 to a condo association after losing its appeal
The Court of Appeals held the District may order a developer that no longer owns a building to correct structural violations, relying on the condominium warranty statute; the Attorney General then settled for $400,000 paid to the association.
Read the full updateConnecticut drops the terrorism coverage mandate from condominium master policies
Public Act 26-69 repeals the rule that a condominium association's master policy could not exclude terrorism losses. The change took effect on passage — June 2, 2026 — and it moves the decision from the statute book to the board.
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