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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The HOA transparency bill died the same way: AB 1184 never got its concurrence vote
Meeting recordings would have become inspectable records and serial email deliberation would have been barred. The bill passed both houses unanimously and expired anyway.
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Connecticut's consumer regulator published the HOA complaints it gets — and cannot act on
The Department of Consumer Protection issued guidance on March 11, 2026 listing seven categories of homeowners association complaint. It credentials managers but not boards, and its Real Estate Unit does not hold hearings on condo complaints.
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DC's short-term rental bill still turns on what your association permits
Bill 26-647 would let tenants and second-property owners obtain short-term rental licences, while carrying forward the requirement that an applicant attest their condominium, cooperative or homeowners association allows it.
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Arkansas court reverses HOA's attorney-fee award in carport case
An association that sued only for an injunction cannot collect attorney's fees under Arkansas's general contract fee statute, the Court of Appeals held, wiping out a $9,440 award.
Read the full updateArbitration can swallow the records-inspection fee protection, at a cost of $271,375
Key v. Hidden Hills shows what happens when the section 5235(c) and 4955(b) one-way fee shields are decided by an arbitrator instead of a court. The decision is not citable.
Read the full updateDC extends its condo bailout to owners who already sold and left
D.C. Law 26-174 adds “Former Property Owners” to the River East at Grandview relief statute, converts outstanding Home Purchase Assistance loans to grants, and adds grants of up to $50,000 — tax-free through 2032.
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Idaho Supreme Court: a subdivision master plan is not a restrictive covenant
Vintage II, LLC v. Teton Saddleback Vistas HOA reverses a ruling that a recorded master plan referenced in the owners' deeds encumbered 640 acres, and rejects a common-law dedication built on an "open space" label.
Read the full updateTwo Connecticut bills would have given condo disputes somewhere to go. Both died without a hearing
A Probate Court mediation pilot and a proposal to let the DCP and CHRO investigate boards both died in committee in 2025. Connecticut has no HOA ombudsman, and the Department of Consumer Protection says plainly that it does not hear condo complaints.
Read the full updateHOA beneficial ownership reporting is permanently over
A FinCEN final rule effective August 14, 2026 ends Corporate Transparency Act reporting for domestic entities including community associations, and deletes what was already filed.
Read the full updateDC's pet-fee caps and breed-ban repeal are law and not in force
The Pets in Housing Amendment Act of 2024 took effect in March 2025, but the subsections capping pet deposits and barring breed, size and weight restrictions read “Not Funded” in the DC Code.
Read the full updateArkansas came one committee short of limiting HOA antenna rules
SB404 cleared the Senate and died in a House committee. Nothing has replaced it, the federal parity bills have stalled, and the FCC rule that does apply stops at the common element.
Read the full updateCalifornia HOAs are no longer named as additional insured on member EV chargers
SB 770 quietly deleted that requirement from Civil Code section 4745 effective January 1, 2026. The annual certificate of insurance survives.
Read the full updateDC can repave your private street without asking — and bill you forever
D.C. Code § 9-401.19 lets the Mayor enter and restore a covenanted private road or alley with or without the owner's consent, and recover the cost as a continuing and perpetual lien on the property.
Read the full updateConnecticut has no reserve mandate. From January 2027, Fannie Mae supplies one
Coordinated Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac changes raise the replacement reserve minimum to 15% of budgeted assessment income, cap master-policy per-unit deductibles at $50,000, and retire Limited Review — a de facto standard for Connecticut associations.
Read the full updateDC stormwater charge on pools and private streets carries an automatic lien
District law defines athletic courts, swimming pools and private streets as chargeable impervious surface, makes the charge the property owner's obligation, and provides that non-payment produces a lien without further notice — with applicability reaching back to 2009.
Read the full updateAB 1892 signed: California HOAs get 14 days to start restoring interrupted utilities
Chapter 169 also cuts the election-by-acclamation initial notice from 90 days to 30, compressing annual election calendars for every California association.
Read the full updateA lightning strike, $1.1 million, and a condo question Arkansas courts still have not answered
When one building in a three-building Arkansas horizontal property regime burned and the owners voted not to rebuild, who got the insurance money? The Court of Appeals affirmed without deciding.
Read the full updateConnecticut court: an owner barred from defending a lien foreclosure can still sue the association later
In Akinyele v. Huntington Condominium Assn., the Appellate Court held that res judicata cannot bar claims a unit owner was forbidden by law to raise in a common-charge foreclosure. Officially released May 5, 2026.
Read the full updateDC's condo EV right-to-charge law has never taken effect
D.C. Code § 6-1451.03c, the provision giving unit owners a right to install charging ports, reads “Not Funded” — its operation was conditioned on an appropriation that has never been made.
Read the full updateSB 1267 would shield California HOAs from liability for member-owned EV chargers
The bill would amend Civil Code section 4745 to limit association liability to gross negligence, extend owner responsibility to damage from use, and require annual insurance certificates.
Read the full updateFrom January 2027, a DC owner renting a unit can't bill common-area utilities
The Fair Housing Practices Amendment Act bars a housing provider from separately charging tenants for utilities accrued by common spaces or vacant units, and adds a 45-day documented notice before sending unpaid amounts to collections.
Read the full updateA jury will decide who controls the Diamondhead POA — while the POA sues the city it became
Two open Garland County cases pit around 22 property owners against a bylaws vote that handed the community's largest landowner board control, and the POA against the city incorporated in 2024.
Read the full updateA candidate statement mailed with the ballots is 'association media', court rules
Arroyo v. Pacific Ridge reverses a recall election judgment: once an association gives one member access to its election mailing, section 5105 requires equal access.
Read the full updateConnecticut bill that would have required owners to affirmatively approve budgets died without a vote
House Bill 5437 would have replaced CIOA's rejection-based budget ratification with a requirement that a majority of all unit owners vote yes. It got a public hearing on March 16, 2026 and was never voted on.
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