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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DC killed the bill that paused condo foreclosures during aid applications
Bill 26-194 would have barred an association from foreclosing on an assessment lien while an owner's Homeowner Assistance Fund application was pending. It was postponed indefinitely in May 2025, and the emergency version expired that July.
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California bill would void HOA rules that block air conditioning
AB 1684 would add Civil Code section 4738, barring associations from restricting code-compliant cooling systems and exposing them to $2,000 penalties. It is on the Governor's desk.
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An Arkansas fair-housing case is testing the defence every HOA relies on
A settlement near Ravenden says it sells memberships in a private association, not real estate, so the Fair Housing Act does not reach it. A federal suit filed in May 2026 disputes that.
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Alaska condo and HOA units can now pass by transfer-on-death deed
SB 104 became law without the governor's signature on June 18, 2026, adding common interest community units to Alaska's transfer-on-death statute effective July 1.
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Alabama court voids a condo association's judgment and orders $36,584 returned
West Wind Condominium Association collected $36,584.12 from an owner's appeal bond under an amended judgment the trial court had no jurisdiction to enter, and the Court of Civil Appeals has ordered the money back.
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Connecticut court: a broad release with an association barred later claims against its directors personally
In DiSpazio v. Pacapelli, a 2015 release given to a cooperative association and its officers defeated a 2019 suit against five directors over an accounting and sale proceeds — and the owners were sanctioned with the directors' attorney's fees.
Read the full updateA vacant condo unit can now earn a DC rehabilitation tax credit
The Vacant to Vibrant Amendment Act defines an eligible property to include a condominium unit that is registered or designated vacant or blighted — giving boards a lever on the empty unit nobody is maintaining.
Read the full updateAB 2439 would fine California HOAs $1,000 for repeat collection errors
The bill would require certified mail after two missed payments, five-year payment records, and a civil penalty on a third lien procedure failure in five years.
Read the full updateTwo DC rulings shut the door on lender attacks on condo foreclosure sales
Flagstar Bank v. Advanced Financial and Tyroshi Investments v. U.S. Bank held a low price at a 2014 association sale was not unconscionable as a matter of law, and that suits to void such sales run on a three-year clock, not fifteen.
Read the full updateArkansas will not issue a POA a new sewage-treatment permit — and 2025 re-enacted the bar
Act 935 of 2025 carried forward the rule that no property owners association may obtain, renew or take transfer of a nonmunicipal sewage-treatment permit, grandfathering only those covered before 2018.
Read the full updateBusiness judgment rule covers an HOA board's ADU denial, and it is staying published
Eng v. Opperman holds Lamden deference is not limited to maintenance decisions. The Supreme Court denied both review and depublication in April.
Read the full updateConnecticut managers must now disclose vendor interests and what construction oversight costs
Public Act 25-111 narrowed who escapes community association manager registration and added a written disclosure duty — ownership interests in entities soliciting the association's business, and the charge for construction oversight outside the management contract.
Read the full updateDC's flood rules now add up five years of an association's permits
Final rules define “substantial improvement” as any combination of work over the preceding five years, extend the flood hazard area to the 500-year floodplain, and set design flood elevation at the 100-year level plus two feet of freeboard.
Read the full updateFannie Mae's 15% reserve floor lands January 4, and California's assessment cap has no matching exception
Lender Letter LL-2026-03 raises the minimum reserve allocation from 10 to 15 percent for applications on or after January 4, 2027. Civil Code section 5605 caps increases at 20 percent.
Read the full updateA DC association beat a Fair Housing claim over master-policy repairs
In Reese v. Park Place Condominium HOA I, a federal judge granted summary judgment where the association showed its bylaws limited it to damage affecting buildings as a whole and its policy required a casualty event.
Read the full updateThe bill set to reshape Arkansas zoning in 2027 exempts HOAs by name
SB456 would strip Arkansas cities of most land-use control, then reserve it: “This subchapter does not impede the ability of a property owner's association” to set its own rules.
Read the full updateA Connecticut city convened its condo associations to ask what services it should be paying for
Bristol's mayor called a citywide conference of condominium associations after a 6% tax rise met inflation-driven fee increases. On the table: municipal bulky-waste pickup, and a 2024 state law allowing a 5% to 35% assessment discount for owner-occupied units.
Read the full updateAB 956 would widen California HOA ADU protections and allow two detached ADUs
The bill would change Civil Code sections 714.3 and 4751 from lots zoned 'for' to lots zoned 'to allow' single-family use, and raise ministerial approval from one ADU to two.
Read the full updateDC bill would raise the condo deductible pass-through from $5,000 to $25,000
Bill 26-495 would rewrite § 42-1903.10 to quintuple the deductible a unit owner absorbs when damage originates in their unit, set statutory minimum owner coverages, and let associations force-place policies. It has not moved since a March 2026 hearing.
Read the full updateDC's condominium advisory council has never met in nine years
The Office of Open Government dismissed a complaint about the Condominium Association Advisory Council on August 28, 2026 — because the body created by statute in 2017, and required to meet four times a year, has never convened.
Read the full updateConnecticut unit owners get a court route to an independent audit of association books
Public Act 26-31 lets owners holding 20% of the votes petition the Superior Court to order an independent audit of their association's financial records — but a forensic accountant must sign off first, and the petitioners pay. Effective October 1, 2026.
Read the full updatePassed 40-0 and still died: the construction defect overhaul HOAs fought is gone
AB 1903 would have let builders obtain a release in exchange for repair work. It expired at the August 31 deadline without an Assembly concurrence vote.
Read the full updateCherokee Village settlement would cut assessment interest to 3% — and the district survives
A class action over how Arkansas's largest suburban improvement district levied assessments has produced a $470,000 settlement, halved interest for four tax years, and no dissolution.
Read the full updateDC's net-zero code arrives January 2027 unless regulations land first
D.C. Code § 6-1453.01 requires final net-zero-energy regulations by December 31, 2026 — and if they do not issue, Appendix Z becomes mandatory for permits submitted from January 1, 2027.
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