Why a list of non-events is worth publishing

Because the alternative to knowing is assuming, and boards assume in both directions.

A board that has been waiting for New Hampshire to do what other states have done — give unit owners a statutory right to install EV charging over a board's objection, protect flag displays, require reserve studies, license managers — should know that the legislature did not take any of it up. Not rejected it after debate; did not file it.

And a board that has heard a rule is coming should know it is not. "New Hampshire is about to require reserve studies" is a claim with nothing behind it.

What the silence means topic by topic

EV charging. A New Hampshire unit owner has no statutory right to install a charger. Whether they may do so is entirely a question about the declaration, the bylaws, and whether the parking space is a unit, limited common area or common area. A board's decision here is governed by its instruments and by its general duty to act reasonably — not by any statute directed at charging.

Flags and political signs. Same answer, and it is the more surprising one given how much national attention these get. New Hampshire has no statute protecting an owner's display of a flag or a political sign against a contrary covenant.

Reserves. New Hampshire imposes no reserve-study requirement and no funding minimum. The only reserve standard a New Hampshire condominium actually faces comes from the mortgage market: from January 4, 2027 a project must allocate 15 percent of budgeted assessment income to replacement reserves, up from 10 percent, unless it has a reserve study conducted or updated within three years and funds at its highest recommended level.

Managers. No community-association-manager credential exists in New Hampshire. The Real Estate Commission licenses brokers and salespersons, and RSA 331-A:4 carves out an association renting its own units through an on-site office it controls. A manager who collects rents can fall inside broker licensing under RSA 331-A:2; one who collects only assessments does not.

Liens and foreclosure. The RSA 356-B lien framework stands unamended, and so does the case law — there is no New Hampshire Supreme Court decision on assessment liens in 2025 or 2026 either.

The two exceptions, and they are real

The 2026 session was not empty for associations. Two measures passed, and both are significant:

HB 1523, relative to disclosure requirements for homeowners' associations, sponsored by Rep. Joe Alexander with Reps. John Hunt and Tara Reardon. It passed the House committee 18-0 and Senate Commerce 5-0, was signed by Gov. Ayotte on July 10, 2026 as Chapter 306, and takes effect January 1, 2027. It extends condominium-style records, transparency, executive-session and conflict-of-interest provisions to homeowners associations — the first statutory governance duties New Hampshire has imposed outside the condominium context.

SB 415, on the condominium unit-interest registration exemption and abbreviated registrations, signed July 2, 2026 as Chapter 245, most of it effective that day with section 7 effective November 1, 2027.

Also enacted: HB 1079, Chapter 210, on accessory dwelling units in and attached to certain non-conforming structures, signed July 2, 2026 and effective August 31, 2026; and SB 540, Chapter 262, on plug-in solar generation systems, signed July 2, 2026.

What to watch next

The 2027 filing rounds, and the same negative applies there so far: no legislative service request on the House list as filed uses the word "condominium" or "homeowners association" in its title. The incumbent filing window closed September 11, 2026; newly elected members file from around November 4 and senators in December.

For most of the topics above, the realistic route to a New Hampshire rule is not a standalone bill but the condominium statute review the 2026 session set in motion.