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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Virginia localities can order EV conduit in new developments from 2027
A 2026 amendment lets localities require EV supply equipment and EV-ready or EV-capable spaces as a condition of subdivision or site plan approval for multifamily and commercial development.
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Wyoming HB0045 removed the sunset on the long-term homeowner exemption
Chapter 83 of the 2026 session laws repealed the July 2027 sunset on Wyoming's 50% exemption for homeowners aged 65 with 25 years of residential property tax, moved the deadline to March 1 and capped it at $3 million.
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South Carolina passed no ADU preemption — and Charleston requires owners to certify no covenant bars the unit
Four South Carolina housing-supply bills died in the 2025-2026 session, none of which mentioned covenants. Charleston's ADU requirements instead condition the permit on the absence of a prohibiting covenant.
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A service animal is now a dog — in one half of South Dakota law
SB 81 and SB 82 narrowed South Dakota's service animal definition to a trained dog and said emotional support is not work. Both operate outside housing, leaving the housing chapter's ESA-inclusive definition untouched.
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Utah makes a stale transfer-fee notice a wrongful lien
S.B. 196 wrote transfer-fee and reinvestment-fee covenant notices into the Wrongful Lien Act's definition, giving owners and title companies a statutory route to clear one instead of litigating the covenant.
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Vermont's rental-covenant bill got no hearing at all
S.305 would have voided association leasing bans and family child care restrictions statewide. It was referred to committee on January 23, 2026 and never had a single committee meeting.
Read the full updateCondo reserves are still 10%, and rise to 15% on January 4
Widely reported as already in force, the 15% GSE reserve requirement actually bites for loan applications dated on or after January 4, 2027 — but the ban on baseline-funded reserve studies and the end of Limited Review took effect August 3, 2026.
Read the full updateA $2,900 Virginia assessment verdict carried $140,005 in fees
In Schiano v. Falkland Farm Estates a second jury awarded a Virginia HOA $140,005.43 in attorney fees on top of a $2,900 assessment verdict, after expert testimony that the owners' defence complicated a simple case.
Read the full updateSC has no flagpole statute, so federal law is the whole of it — and the FCC antenna rule has not been amended since 2023
47 CFR 1.4000 was last amended April 10, 2023 and still preempts association antenna restrictions in exclusive-use areas. The Freedom to Display the American Flag Act is unamended since 2006.
Read the full updateA municipal special assessment is presumed valid, and current use does not limit it
KJD, LLC v. City of Tea affirmed a special assessment against a landowner who argued from present market value: the burden is clear and convincing evidence, and benefit is not measured by what the land is used for today.
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Fifth Circuit finds no protected property interest in short-term leasing under Texas law
In Marfil v. City of New Braunfels, decided 18 June 2026, the Fifth Circuit affirmed summary judgment for the city, holding Texas courts do not recognise a protected property interest in the right to lease a home short-term and that the ordinance survives rational-basis review.
Read the full updateVermont associations can sue insurers under consumer law
A Windsor Unit judge held the Vermont Consumer Protection Act reaches insurance transactions, refusing to dismiss a condominium association’s claim over a frozen-pipe loss.
Read the full updateUtah Supreme Court will review the condo snow-pile case
Andrews v. Stoney Brook extended the open-and-obvious-danger rule to ordinary negligence claims against a condominium association and a resident; the Utah Supreme Court granted certiorari in April 2026.
Read the full updateWyoming added two new grounds for dissolving a nonprofit corporation
Two 2025 acts amended the same paragraph of the Wyoming Nonprofit Corporation Act, adding foreign-adversary control and false information given to a registered agent as grounds for administrative dissolution.
Read the full updateEvery South Carolina condo loan now gets a Full Review, and the reserve floor rises to 15% in January
Fannie Mae Lender Letter LL-2026-03 and Freddie Mac Bulletin 2026-C retired Limited and Streamlined project review for applications dated on or after August 3, 2026, and raise the replacement-reserve minimum on January 4, 2027.
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Tennessee court reverses HOA win over a historic tile roof
In Hurley v. Green Shadows the Court of Appeals reversed summary judgment for an association and struck its attorney's fee award, holding that whether an architectural demand is reasonable as applied to an unusual property is a disputed question of fact.
Read the full updateRoof age alone can no longer cancel a Virginia homeowner's policy
A new subsection of § 38.2-2114, effective January 1, 2027, bars an insurer from refusing or non-renewing an owner-occupied policy solely on roof age where an inspector reports five years or more of useful life remaining.
Read the full updateHalf of Stowe's short-term rentals are condo units
Stowe adopted an 850-licence cap on July 22, 2026. Of the town’s registered short-term rentals, 483 of 1,039 were condominium units — and associations spent the winter arguing over their classification.
Read the full updateRapid City now permits the vacation rental your covenant forbids
Ordinance No. 6698 writes vacation homes into Rapid City's zoning code as a permitted use in residential districts, with registration open from January 30, 2026 — and it expressly confers no right against a private covenant.
Read the full updateHUD will now charge animal accommodation cases only where the animal is trained — but a private lawsuit is untouched
A May 22, 2026 FHEO enforcement memo rescinds the 2020 assistance-animal notice and limits reasonable-cause findings to animals trained to perform disability-related tasks. It binds HUD, not the courts.
Read the full updateWyoming has one FHA-approved condominium project, and it expires in October
A query of HUD's condominium portal on September 19, 2026 returned a single approved Wyoming project — a four-unit building in Cheyenne whose approval lapses October 18, 2026 — against 43 expired records.
Read the full updateUtah cities must allow detached ADUs; associations need not
S.B. 284 requires larger municipalities to permit a detached accessory dwelling unit on qualifying lots from October 1, 2026, but it amends the land-use code and not Title 57 — a private covenant ban is untouched.
Read the full updateYou never let him vote, so he owes you nothing
The Vermont Supreme Court affirmed that a developer owed no assessments on 60-plus undeveloped lots at Salt Ash, relying on the association's own decision never to give it a vote.
Read the full updateNo solar access statute, and no net metering either
South Dakota has no statute overriding a covenant that restricts rooftop solar, and the Public Utilities Commission states plainly that the state does not compensate solar generation at a net metered rate.
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