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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Hartford refused 25 condo short-term rentals — after the association's owners voted 88% to allow them
Bushnell on the Park's members amended their documents to permit short-term rentals by 88.72%. Hartford's Planning and Zoning Commission denied the special permit 5-0 on July 28, 2026, showing where association self-governance stops.
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DOEE's new BEPS guidebook speaks to buildings that earn no income
Version 1.2, finalized August 11, 2026, clarifies hardship relief, adds remedies for non-compliance, and details how the rules apply to non-income-producing buildings — the category most DC condominiums and cooperatives fall into.
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AB 2035 would cut the CC&R amendment threshold to 37% for large senior communities
A four-condition exception to Civil Code section 4275 would reach senior developments over 6,000 units whose declarations have not been amended in 35 years.
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Three Arkansas rulings changed how neighbours fight the development next door
The Supreme Court reclassified conditional-use-permit appeals as quasi-judicial, confirmed that flooding claims against developers belong in circuit court, and let a neighbourhood association litigate as a party.
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Idaho AG settles with two HOAs and a manager of 70 communities over undisclosed transfer fees
Assurances of Voluntary Compliance announced 8 May 2026 rest on two propositions: a transfer fee must be expressly authorised in the recorded covenants, and a management company has no authority to charge one at all.
Read the full updateConnecticut bill to waive tax interest for a co-op in receivership died on the Senate calendar
House Bill 5500 would have let municipalities waive interest on delinquent taxes and sewer charges owed by common interest communities of more than 500 units in receivership. It passed the House on April 22, 2026 and was never called in the Senate.
Read the full updateDC elevator paperwork moved agencies — and the certificate goes in the car
Since October 1, 2025 the Department of Buildings issues conveyance certificates rather than DLCP issuing licences, backed by two years of passed third-party inspections and displayed inside the cab.
Read the full updateCourt voids a 400% HOA dues increase: section 5605 applies whatever the CC&Rs say
Ruffier v. Volcano Hills holds that skipping the annual budget report and the member vote makes an assessment increase void, and section 5600's funding duty does not cure it.
Read the full updateDC has ordered rules allowing single-stair condo buildings by July 2027
The One Front Door Amendment Act requires the Department of Buildings to permit one entrance and egress stairway in multifamily buildings up to six stories, subject to sprinklering, travel distance, and a four-units-per-floor limit.
Read the full updateTwo Arkansas districts lost their elected commissioners over a deficient annual report
The Court of Appeals upheld a mayor's replacement of two Horseshoe Bend improvement district boards with appointed administrators, and a new 2025 act adds notice, agenda and public-comment duties.
Read the full updateConnecticut associations have until January 1, 2028 to opt out of the new condo solar law
Since January 1, 2026 a Connecticut association cannot unreasonably restrict rooftop solar on a single-family detached unit — but an association formed on or before that date can vote itself out entirely, and the window closes January 1, 2028.
Read the full updateAppeals court narrows Civil Code 4740: it does not preempt city rental rules
Parsons v. City of Indian Wells, certified for publication August 31, revives a city ordinance letting a CID vote to opt out of a 29-night minimum stay.
Read the full updateDC bill would license management companies, not just managers
The LAMP Act would require every firm providing property management services in the District to hold a licence, individually license its principals, and designate a lead manager for each property. It has had no hearing in 18 months.
Read the full updateInsurance regulator files a 432-count action over wildfire claims handling
A market conduct exam found 398 violations in 220 sampled claims. The 15-day and 40-day clocks it enforces are the same ones that govern an association master policy claim.
Read the full updateDC will help pay a condo's structural warranty claim — up to $10,000
DHCD administers a need-based fund for associations that levied a special assessment to pursue a developer warranty claim, and a claim-perfection procedure that runs on a two-year clock most new boards miss.
Read the full updateConnecticut court binds a former condo board president to a settlement she refused to sign
Nunez v. Brown-White upheld enforcement of a settlement in a defamation and CUTPA suit between two Seaview Village board members — counsel's emails made the agreement, and the client's refusal to sign did not unmake it. Released August 4, 2026.
Read the full updateArkansas HOA boards are permanently off the hook for beneficial-ownership reporting
FinCEN's final rule, effective August 14, 2026, closes three years of on-again, off-again Corporate Transparency Act filing obligations for Arkansas associations and their volunteer directors.
Read the full updateMore of your association's trees now need a DC permit to remove
The Tree Preservation Enhancement Amendment Act of 2026 lowered the Special Tree threshold from 44 inches to 40 inches in circumference and set removal fees and fines to rise with inflation from July 1, 2029.
Read the full updateAB 739 would make California HOA management fee breakdowns an inspectable record
The bill would require an annual board review of manager fees split into base fees, fee schedule charges and reimbursable expenses, and add the statement to association records.
Read the full updateConnecticut sellers must now point condo buyers at the resale certificate and reserve report
From October 1, 2026 the residential condition report carries a new special statement telling buyers in communities of more than 12 units to obtain a resale certificate and request a reserve fund report — and telling buyers in smaller communities they may get neither.
Read the full updateDC's TOPA overhaul is running without the advisers it requires
DHCD's guidance confirms there were no certified tenant support providers, sets a notice deadline for exempt owners that has now passed, and moves TOPA filings to email while the full rulemaking waits.
Read the full updateSan Diego County now requires you to create an HOA before selling an ADU separately
Ordinance No. 10986 implements AB 1033 in the unincorporated county, and makes an existing association's board vote a condition of map approval.
Read the full updateConway homeowners may water one day a week. Their HOA covenants have not changed
Phase 3 curtailment took effect August 19, 2026 and limits lawn watering to a single day, enforceable by fines or loss of service. No Arkansas statute stops an association fining a member for the brown lawn that follows.
Read the full updateDC's new seller disclosure form says the association does not fill it out
A final rule effective November 28, 2025 rewrote 17 DCMR § 2708, adding condominium, cooperative and HOA checkboxes, limiting the seller's disclosure to their own unit, and stating the form does not satisfy the § 42-1904.11 resale package.
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