https://hoaweekly.com/ New HOA and condominium legislation, court decisions and agency rules, state by state. en-us Mon, 05 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMT https://hoaweekly.com/west-virginia-latest-chen-unimproved-lot-assessments/ https://hoaweekly.com/west-virginia-latest-chen-unimproved-lot-assessments/ Mon, 05 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMT In Chen v. White Rock Mountain Retreat, the Court affirmed a judgment for three years of unpaid $1,500 assessments, finding the community's covenants allowed the same charge for improved and unimproved lots. West Virginia Courts https://hoaweekly.com/oregon-latest-wildfire-insurance-order-extended-to-october-29/ https://hoaweekly.com/oregon-latest-wildfire-insurance-order-extended-to-october-29/ Mon, 05 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMT The Division of Financial Regulation renewed its wildfire emergency order for another 30 days on September 29, 2026, keeping the suspension of cancellations and nonrenewals in place. Oregon Regulation https://hoaweekly.com/nevada-latest-r091-25-approved-speech-safe-harbors-removed/ https://hoaweekly.com/nevada-latest-r091-25-approved-speech-safe-harbors-removed/ Mon, 05 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMT Attorney commentary reports that the Commission for Common-Interest Communities approved R091-25 on September 9 after removing draft language shielding vulgar or opposing speech from extraordinary health, safety or welfare fines; the adopted text and minutes are not yet public. Nevada Regulation https://hoaweekly.com/washington-latest-summerwalk-covenant-enforcement-discrimination/ https://hoaweekly.com/washington-latest-summerwalk-covenant-enforcement-discrimination/ Sun, 04 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMT In Human Rights Commission v. Summerwalk Homeowners Association, Division II held that post-purchase covenant enforcement is covered by WLAD's real-estate-transaction provision. Washington Courts https://hoaweekly.com/federal-latest-supreme-court-cta-petitions-september-conference/ https://hoaweekly.com/federal-latest-supreme-court-cta-petitions-september-conference/ Sun, 27 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT Two petitions asking the Supreme Court to decide whether the Corporate Transparency Act exceeds Congress's power are set for the Court's September 28, 2026 conference; the government argues FinCEN's final rule has mooted the dispute. Federal Courts https://hoaweekly.com/federal-latest-road-to-housing-act-becomes-law/ https://hoaweekly.com/federal-latest-road-to-housing-act-becomes-law/ Sun, 27 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT The 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act became Public Law 119-101 on July 11, 2026 without the President's signature; it restricts large institutional investors from buying single-family homes and drops the chassis from the federal manufactured-home definition. Federal Legislation https://hoaweekly.com/federal-latest-providence-village-voucher-ban-class-denied/ https://hoaweekly.com/federal-latest-providence-village-voucher-ban-class-denied/ Sun, 27 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT On July 24, 2026 the Eastern District of Texas refused to certify a class of voucher tenants in Fair Housing Act claims over a Texas HOA's Section 8 rental ban; the HOA has settled and claims against its manager continue individually. Federal Courts https://hoaweekly.com/federal-latest-nist-surfside-technical-findings/ https://hoaweekly.com/federal-latest-nist-surfside-technical-findings/ Sun, 27 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT NIST's June 22, 2026 technical findings trace the 2021 Champlain Towers South collapse to punching-shear failures at the pool deck, driven mainly by original design and construction deviations; code recommendations await the final report. Federal Regulation https://hoaweekly.com/federal-latest-ninth-circuit-nevada-superpriority-fines-only-notice/ https://hoaweekly.com/federal-latest-ninth-circuit-nevada-superpriority-fines-only-notice/ Sun, 27 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT In a September 25, 2026 memorandum over a dissent, the Ninth Circuit held that a Nevada HOA's fines-only notice of lien began enforcement without a superpriority component, so the first deed of trust survived the HOA foreclosure. Federal Courts https://hoaweekly.com/federal-latest-nfip-extended-to-december-11/ https://hoaweekly.com/federal-latest-nfip-extended-to-december-11/ Sun, 27 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT The stopgap funding law signed September 2, 2026 moved the National Flood Insurance Program's expiration from September 30 to December 11, 2026. Federal Legislation https://hoaweekly.com/federal-latest-management-company-earnings-credits-class-standing/ https://hoaweekly.com/federal-latest-management-company-earnings-credits-class-standing/ Sun, 27 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT A federal court in California on August 28, 2026 denied class certification in an HOA's suit alleging its manager kept over $33 million in undisclosed bank earnings credits on pooled association deposits, finding no Article III standing for the class claims. Federal Courts https://hoaweekly.com/federal-latest-hud-withdraws-13-fair-housing-guidance-documents/ https://hoaweekly.com/federal-latest-hud-withdraws-13-fair-housing-guidance-documents/ Sun, 27 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT A July 17, 2026 Federal Register notice records HUD's withdrawal of 13 Fair Housing Act guidance documents, including its 2016 criminal-records guidance, effective September 25, 2025. Federal Regulation https://hoaweekly.com/federal-latest-hud-disparate-impact-supplemental-proposal/ https://hoaweekly.com/federal-latest-hud-disparate-impact-supplemental-proposal/ Sun, 27 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT HUD's August 10, 2026 supplemental proposal extends its plan to remove its disparate-impact regulations and reopens comment through October 9, 2026; nothing is final. Federal Regulation https://hoaweekly.com/federal-latest-hr-9569-fha-loans-for-condo-repairs/ https://hoaweekly.com/federal-latest-hr-9569-fha-loans-for-condo-repairs/ Sun, 27 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT H.R. 9569, the Making Condos Safer and Affordable Act of 2026, would let FHA insure loans to condominium associations for common-element repairs and let owners finance special assessments; it is in committee and is not law. Federal Legislation https://hoaweekly.com/federal-latest-hr-9159-sba-common-area-disaster-loans/ https://hoaweekly.com/federal-latest-hr-9159-sba-common-area-disaster-loans/ Sun, 27 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT H.R. 9159, the Protect Our Homes Act, would create an SBA loan program for associations to repair and harden common areas after declared disasters; it is in committee and is not law. Federal Legislation https://hoaweekly.com/federal-latest-hr-8409-fema-appeal-window-90-days/ https://hoaweekly.com/federal-latest-hr-8409-fema-appeal-window-90-days/ Sun, 27 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on September 15, 2026 ordered reported H.R. 8409, which would lengthen the deadline to appeal FEMA assistance decisions from 60 to 90 days; it is not law. Federal Legislation https://hoaweekly.com/federal-latest-hr-10122-roof-grants-exclude-condos/ https://hoaweekly.com/federal-latest-hr-10122-roof-grants-exclude-condos/ Sun, 27 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT H.R. 10122, the STORM FORTIFIED and Wildfire Prepared Act introduced August 20, 2026, would fund state grants for FORTIFIED roofs and wildfire hardening but makes condominiums ineligible; it is in committee and is not law. Federal Legislation https://hoaweekly.com/federal-latest-hoa-collecting-own-dues-outside-fdcpa-ruling/ https://hoaweekly.com/federal-latest-hoa-collecting-own-dues-outside-fdcpa-ruling/ Sun, 27 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT The Western District of Oklahoma on July 29, 2026 dismissed Fair Debt Collection Practices Act claims against an HOA collecting its own assessments in its own name. Federal Courts https://hoaweekly.com/federal-latest-fincen-final-rule-ends-association-boi-reporting/ https://hoaweekly.com/federal-latest-fincen-final-rule-ends-association-boi-reporting/ Sun, 27 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT FinCEN's final rule, effective August 14, 2026, keeps every domestic entity — HOAs and condo associations included — outside Corporate Transparency Act reporting and schedules deletion of U.S. persons' filed data. Federal Regulation https://hoaweekly.com/federal-latest-fannie-freddie-condo-review-changes-take-effect/ https://hoaweekly.com/federal-latest-fannie-freddie-condo-review-changes-take-effect/ Sun, 27 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT Fannie Mae's Limited Review and Freddie Mac's Streamlined Review ended for applications received on or after August 3, 2026, and Fannie's rewritten condo and insurance standards were posted August 5. Federal Compliance https://hoaweekly.com/federal-latest-eleventh-circuit-condo-fines-fair-housing-affirmed/ https://hoaweekly.com/federal-latest-eleventh-circuit-condo-fines-fair-housing-affirmed/ Sun, 27 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT In an unpublished August 7, 2026 decision, the Eleventh Circuit upheld summary judgment for a Miami condominium association on Fair Housing Act claims over fines and amenity suspensions tied to documented rule violations. Federal Courts https://hoaweekly.com/federal-latest-eighth-circuit-hail-appraisal-award-binds-hoa/ https://hoaweekly.com/federal-latest-eighth-circuit-hail-appraisal-award-binds-hoa/ Sun, 27 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT In a published September 4, 2026 opinion, the Eighth Circuit held that an appraisal panel's $52,482.81 repair award bound a Minnesota townhome association, foreclosing its argument that replacement shingles were not of like kind and quality. Federal Courts https://hoaweekly.com/wisconsin-latest-wisconsins-solar-covenant-law-stops-at-platted-land/ https://hoaweekly.com/wisconsin-latest-wisconsins-solar-covenant-law-stops-at-platted-land/ Mon, 21 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT Wis. Stat. § 236.292(2) voids restrictions on platted land that prevent or unduly restrict solar energy systems; § 66.0401 binds only political subdivisions. Neither reaches a condominium declaration by its terms. Wisconsin Compliance https://hoaweekly.com/wisconsin-latest-wisconsin-law-immunises-underfunded-reserves/ https://hoaweekly.com/wisconsin-latest-wisconsin-law-immunises-underfunded-reserves/ Mon, 21 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT Wis. Stat. § 703.163 lets a Wisconsin condominium opt out of reserves entirely and expressly immunises the decision, while Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac raise their reserve floor to 15 percent for applications dated on or after January 4, 2027. Wisconsin Compliance https://hoaweekly.com/wisconsin-latest-when-the-plat-and-the-declaration-disagree/ https://hoaweekly.com/wisconsin-latest-when-the-plat-and-the-declaration-disagree/ Mon, 21 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT Bluemer v. Young reverses a judgment that would have let one lakefront unit swallow a riparian strip and close a shared access path, applying Wis. Stat. § 703.30(4). Wisconsin Courts https://hoaweekly.com/wisconsin-latest-there-is-no-new-federal-antenna-rule/ https://hoaweekly.com/wisconsin-latest-there-is-no-new-federal-antenna-rule/ Mon, 21 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT 47 C.F.R. § 1.4000, the rule that overrides association restrictions on satellite dishes and certain antennas, has nine recorded versions and has not been amended since April 10, 2023. Wisconsin Compliance https://hoaweekly.com/wisconsin-latest-the-support-animal-bill-named-condo-boards-and-was-vetoed/ https://hoaweekly.com/wisconsin-latest-the-support-animal-bill-named-condo-boards-and-was-vetoed/ Mon, 21 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT 2025 Assembly Bill 366 would have let a representative of a condominium association demand documentation from a licensed health professional before allowing an emotional support animal. It passed both houses, was vetoed on December 5, 2025, and the override failed. Wisconsin Legislation https://hoaweekly.com/wisconsin-latest-the-state-nearly-paid-to-create-new-condo-associations/ https://hoaweekly.com/wisconsin-latest-the-state-nearly-paid-to-create-new-condo-associations/ Mon, 21 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT 2025 Assembly Bill 455 would have given WHEDA $10 million for grants of up to $50,000 per parcel covering the legal and permitting costs of converting rental buildings to condominiums. It passed the Assembly and died in a Senate committee that had already held its hearing. Wisconsin Legislation https://hoaweekly.com/wisconsin-latest-the-road-on-your-survey-map-may-not-exist/ https://hoaweekly.com/wisconsin-latest-the-road-on-your-survey-map-may-not-exist/ Mon, 21 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT Smith v. Wiskerchen holds that a Certified Survey Map is not a plat and cannot create an easement by estoppel, which reaches every small Wisconsin development whose shared road exists only on a CSM. Wisconsin Courts https://hoaweekly.com/wisconsin-latest-the-rental-rulings-that-never-reach-your-declaration/ https://hoaweekly.com/wisconsin-latest-the-rental-rulings-that-never-reach-your-declaration/ Mon, 21 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT Three published Wisconsin decisions in fourteen months struck down local short-term-rental restrictions under Wis. Stat. § 66.1014, a statute that binds political subdivisions and says nothing about private covenants. Wisconsin Courts https://hoaweekly.com/wisconsin-latest-the-eight-mill-lien-most-hoas-cannot-use/ https://hoaweekly.com/wisconsin-latest-the-eight-mill-lien-most-hoas-cannot-use/ Mon, 21 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT Wis. Stat. § 779.70 gives a non-condominium Wisconsin association a maintenance lien, but only a nonprofit membership corporation qualifies, the membership must approve the budget, and the levy is capped unless deeds impose the obligation. Wisconsin Compliance https://hoaweekly.com/wisconsin-latest-the-disparate-impact-rule-is-still-on-the-books/ https://hoaweekly.com/wisconsin-latest-the-disparate-impact-rule-is-still-on-the-books/ Mon, 21 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT 24 C.F.R. § 100.500 was last amended May 1, 2023 and has not been removed. Two HUD proposed rules would strip it, and the supplemental proposal's comment period is open until October 9, 2026. Wisconsin Compliance https://hoaweekly.com/wisconsin-latest-the-building-code-a-committee-froze-for-two-years/ https://hoaweekly.com/wisconsin-latest-the-building-code-a-committee-froze-for-two-years/ Mon, 21 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT After Evers v. Marklein struck down a legislative committee's indefinite objection, Wisconsin's commercial building code — which covers multifamily and townhouse buildings — took effect September 1, 2025, its first full update in a decade. Wisconsin Regulation https://hoaweekly.com/wisconsin-latest-the-board-said-it-was-lifted-and-it-was-not/ https://hoaweekly.com/wisconsin-latest-the-board-said-it-was-lifted-and-it-was-not/ Mon, 21 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT Blue Harbor's board, the City of Sheboygan and a redevelopment authority all moved to remove a 29-day occupancy limit; because nobody executed the amendment the declaration required, the limit never went away. Wisconsin Courts https://hoaweekly.com/wisconsin-latest-the-bill-that-would-have-voided-adu-covenants/ https://hoaweekly.com/wisconsin-latest-the-bill-that-would-have-voided-adu-covenants/ Mon, 21 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT 2025 Assembly Bill 365 would have made every Wisconsin covenant and association rule barring an accessory dwelling unit void and unenforceable, reaching back to instruments recorded decades ago. It never got a vote. Wisconsin Legislation https://hoaweekly.com/wisconsin-latest-sixty-seven-percent-can-change-who-pays/ https://hoaweekly.com/wisconsin-latest-sixty-seven-percent-can-change-who-pays/ Mon, 21 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT Strassburg v. Hickory Meadows holds that a 67 percent bylaw amendment can change how a Wisconsin condominium assesses common expenses, because the unanimity rule in § 703.13(4) governs percentage interests, not assessment method. Wisconsin Courts https://hoaweekly.com/wisconsin-latest-six-units-erased-and-three-years-of-back-taxes/ https://hoaweekly.com/wisconsin-latest-six-units-erased-and-three-years-of-back-taxes/ Mon, 21 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT Town Homes of Shell Lake shows what happens when a Wisconsin condominium shrinks on paper but not on the tax roll, and why a declaratory judgment action is the wrong way to fight the bill. Wisconsin Courts https://hoaweekly.com/wisconsin-latest-pay-the-assessment-first-and-argue-afterwards/ https://hoaweekly.com/wisconsin-latest-pay-the-assessment-first-and-argue-afterwards/ Mon, 21 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT Wis. Stat. § 703.165(2) makes a Wisconsin unit owner liable for assessments coming due during the pendency of their own claim against the association, and Brittany Bay Club v. Traugott applies it. Wisconsin Courts https://hoaweekly.com/wisconsin-latest-nobody-licenses-the-person-running-your-association/ https://hoaweekly.com/wisconsin-latest-nobody-licenses-the-person-running-your-association/ Mon, 21 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT The person who holds a Wisconsin association's checkbook and signs its roofing contract needs no state credential, while renting out a single unit in the same building can require a broker's license under Wis. Stat. ch. 452. Wisconsin Regulation https://hoaweekly.com/wisconsin-latest-miss-the-dfi-notice-and-lose-your-late-fees/ https://hoaweekly.com/wisconsin-latest-miss-the-dfi-notice-and-lose-your-late-fees/ Mon, 21 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT Wis. Stat. § 710.18(3) requires Wisconsin homeowners associations to file annual public notices with the Department of Financial Institutions, and the penalty for not filing is self-executing: prohibited charges are void and unenforceable. Wisconsin Compliance https://hoaweekly.com/wisconsin-latest-milwaukee-will-mail-the-neighbours-about-the-rental/ https://hoaweekly.com/wisconsin-latest-milwaukee-will-mail-the-neighbours-about-the-rental/ Mon, 21 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT MCO 105-80, published August 19, 2026, requires notice of every tourist rooming house application to residences within 250 feet, a public list of all licensed short-term rentals, and reporting of citations to the listing platforms. Wisconsin Compliance https://hoaweekly.com/wisconsin-latest-milwaukee-legalized-adus-and-left-covenants-standing/ https://hoaweekly.com/wisconsin-latest-milwaukee-legalized-adus-and-left-covenants-standing/ Mon, 21 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT Common Council File 240999 passed July 15, 2025 and made accessory dwelling units a limited use citywide. A full-text search of the adopted ordinance returns zero references to covenants, deed restrictions, homeowners associations or condominiums. Wisconsin Compliance https://hoaweekly.com/wisconsin-latest-madison-joined-two-condo-boards-with-public-money/ https://hoaweekly.com/wisconsin-latest-madison-joined-two-condo-boards-with-public-money/ Mon, 21 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT File 92734, passed May 5, 2026, appoints city staff to the boards of two newly incorporated Madison condominium associations and commits the Parking Utility to pay assessments out of future operating budgets. Wisconsin Compliance https://hoaweekly.com/wisconsin-latest-forty-years-to-enforce-a-cost-sharing-easement/ https://hoaweekly.com/wisconsin-latest-forty-years-to-enforce-a-cost-sharing-easement/ Mon, 21 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT Market Square v. Normandy Square sets out the two clocks that govern a recorded Wisconsin cost-sharing easement, and shows how a separate lease can extinguish the reimbursement right for the years it runs. Wisconsin Courts https://hoaweekly.com/wisconsin-latest-flood-insurance-authority-runs-out-on-september-30/ https://hoaweekly.com/wisconsin-latest-flood-insurance-authority-runs-out-on-september-30/ Mon, 21 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT 42 U.S.C. § 4026 provides that no new contract for flood insurance may be entered into after September 30, 2026. As of the Code's current edition, no reauthorization has been enacted. Wisconsin Compliance https://hoaweekly.com/wisconsin-latest-fincen-closed-the-filing-and-named-hoas-doing-it/ https://hoaweekly.com/wisconsin-latest-fincen-closed-the-filing-and-named-hoas-doing-it/ Mon, 21 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT The final rule published August 14, 2026 makes permanent the exemption of all domestic entities from beneficial ownership reporting, and its preamble addresses homeowners associations by name. Wisconsin Compliance https://hoaweekly.com/wisconsin-latest-every-county-must-now-run-free-deed-fraud-alerts/ https://hoaweekly.com/wisconsin-latest-every-county-must-now-run-free-deed-fraud-alerts/ Mon, 21 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT 2025 Wisconsin Act 234 rewrote the recording statute, created enumerated grounds for a register of deeds to refuse a document, mandated a free county recording-notification system, and made knowingly presenting a forged conveyance a Class I felony. Wisconsin Legislation https://hoaweekly.com/wisconsin-latest-even-the-bill-that-only-counted-sprinklers-died/ https://hoaweekly.com/wisconsin-latest-even-the-bill-that-only-counted-sprinklers-died/ Mon, 21 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT AB 661 asked only for a DSPS headcount of sprinklers in condominium and townhouse buildings and never got a hearing; AB 175's parking-structure inspection requirement got one and was never voted on. Wisconsin still has no condominium inspection law. Wisconsin Legislation https://hoaweekly.com/wisconsin-latest-deferred-maintenance-can-still-be-an-accident/ https://hoaweekly.com/wisconsin-latest-deferred-maintenance-can-still-be-an-accident/ Mon, 21 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT McLaughlin v. Gaslight Pointe is the published Wisconsin authority holding that water damage flowing from a board's deliberate maintenance choices can be covered under a CGL policy, while the D&O endorsement covered none of it. Wisconsin Courts https://hoaweekly.com/wisconsin-latest-congress-banned-what-wisconsin-declined-to-ban/ https://hoaweekly.com/wisconsin-latest-congress-banned-what-wisconsin-declined-to-ban/ Mon, 21 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT The 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act became Public Law 119-101 on July 11, 2026, barring investors controlling 350 or more single-family homes from buying more — while Wisconsin's hedge-fund bill never got a hearing. Wisconsin Legislation https://hoaweekly.com/wisconsin-latest-an-association-cannot-sue-a-tribe-over-its-covenants/ https://hoaweekly.com/wisconsin-latest-an-association-cannot-sue-a-tribe-over-its-covenants/ Mon, 21 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT Legend Lake Property Owners Association spent eight years trying to enforce recorded covenants against land taken into federal trust, and lost on sovereign immunity without the covenants ever being construed. Wisconsin Courts https://hoaweekly.com/wisconsin-latest-a-whole-biennium-and-not-one-word-of-chapter-703/ https://hoaweekly.com/wisconsin-latest-a-whole-biennium-and-not-one-word-of-chapter-703/ Mon, 21 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT No bill introduced in the 2025-26 Wisconsin Legislature proposed to amend Wis. Stat. ch. 703, and the trade group that registered in February 2025 to draft a Chapter 703 proposal never produced a bill number. Wisconsin Legislation https://hoaweekly.com/wisconsin-latest-a-twenty-five-dollar-report-keeps-your-hoa-alive/ https://hoaweekly.com/wisconsin-latest-a-twenty-five-dollar-report-keeps-your-hoa-alive/ Mon, 21 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT Almost every Wisconsin HOA and condominium association is a ch. 181 nonstock corporation, owing a $25 annual report on a quarter-based deadline. Missing it long enough ends in administrative dissolution, and the form bars an association from serving as its own registered agent. Wisconsin Compliance https://hoaweekly.com/wisconsin-latest-a-thousand-dollars-is-what-the-state-says-you-have/ https://hoaweekly.com/wisconsin-latest-a-thousand-dollars-is-what-the-state-says-you-have/ Mon, 21 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT OCI reissued its condominium insurance fact sheet in July 2025 — the only condo-specific document the state's insurance regulator refreshed — while issuing no bulletin on homeowners or condominium insurance at all since 2024. Wisconsin Regulation https://hoaweekly.com/wisconsin-latest-a-state-made-covenant-that-caps-your-resale-price/ https://hoaweekly.com/wisconsin-latest-a-state-made-covenant-that-caps-your-resale-price/ Mon, 21 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT 2025 Wisconsin Act 237 rewrote the seller-disclosure question on restrictive covenants to name resale price limits and occupancy requirements, and replaced the escalator on WHEDA's recorded ten-year price cap with a flat 5 percent a year. Wisconsin Legislation https://hoaweekly.com/wisconsin-latest-a-multimillion-dollar-siding-job-is-maintenance/ https://hoaweekly.com/wisconsin-latest-a-multimillion-dollar-siding-job-is-maintenance/ Mon, 21 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT In Naeve v. Spring Creek, a Racine County condominium's $10,000 owner-vote trigger did not reach an exterior replacement program across 25 buildings, because the character of the work decided the question, not the price. Wisconsin Courts https://hoaweekly.com/wisconsin-latest-a-lot-rent-cap-and-ninety-days-to-buy-your-park/ https://hoaweekly.com/wisconsin-latest-a-lot-rent-cap-and-ninety-days-to-buy-your-park/ Mon, 21 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT 2025 Assembly Bill 1049 would have capped Wisconsin manufactured-home-community rent increases to CPI with a 2 percent floor and 4 percent ceiling, required 12 months' notice before closure, and given residents 90 days to offer and 90 days to close. It never got a hearing. Wisconsin Legislation https://hoaweekly.com/wisconsin-latest-a-design-review-denial-became-an-insurance-case/ https://hoaweekly.com/wisconsin-latest-a-design-review-denial-became-an-insurance-case/ Mon, 21 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT Somerset Condominium Association v. RC Somerset is a published Wisconsin decision on a directors-and-officers prior-notice exclusion, and the underlying dispute began with an architectural committee saying no. Wisconsin Courts https://hoaweekly.com/wisconsin-latest-a-bill-would-let-your-association-be-the-borrower/ https://hoaweekly.com/wisconsin-latest-a-bill-would-let-your-association-be-the-borrower/ Mon, 21 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT H.R. 9569 would let FHA insure a mortgage on which the governing body of a condominium project is the borrower, secured by future assessment liens. It was referred to committee on June 30, 2026 and nothing has happened since. Wisconsin Legislation https://hoaweekly.com/wisconsin-latest-29-days-is-all-the-time-you-get/ https://hoaweekly.com/wisconsin-latest-29-days-is-all-the-time-you-get/ Mon, 21 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT In Munnik v. Blue Harbor, the Court of Appeals published the rule that an unambiguous condominium use restriction is enforceable without ever being tested for reasonableness. Wisconsin Courts https://hoaweekly.com/wyoming-latest-wyoming-has-one-fha-approved-condo-project/ https://hoaweekly.com/wyoming-latest-wyoming-has-one-fha-approved-condo-project/ Sat, 19 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT 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. Wyoming Compliance https://hoaweekly.com/wyoming-latest-watering-orders-are-colliding-with-lawn-covenants/ https://hoaweekly.com/wyoming-latest-watering-orders-are-colliding-with-lawn-covenants/ Sat, 19 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT Hudson joined four other Wyoming towns in mandating alternate-day watering in August 2026, and towns are advising residents to water three times a week and let grass grow longer — advice that contradicts standard subdivision landscaping standards. Wyoming Compliance https://hoaweekly.com/wyoming-latest-two-new-ways-to-lose-your-associations-corporate-status/ https://hoaweekly.com/wyoming-latest-two-new-ways-to-lose-your-associations-corporate-status/ Sat, 19 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT 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. Wyoming Compliance https://hoaweekly.com/wyoming-latest-the-solar-credit-is-gone-and-wyoming-has-no-replacement/ https://hoaweekly.com/wyoming-latest-the-solar-credit-is-gone-and-wyoming-has-no-replacement/ Sat, 19 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT The residential clean energy credit ended for expenditures made after December 31, 2025 and the EV charger credit for property placed in service after June 30, 2026 — and Wyoming has no state solar credit, no rebate, and no solar-access statute limiting association control. Wyoming Compliance https://hoaweekly.com/wyoming-latest-the-remote-meeting-fix-failed-by-two-votes/ https://hoaweekly.com/wyoming-latest-the-remote-meeting-fix-failed-by-two-votes/ Sat, 19 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT HB0100 would have let members of Wyoming nonprofit corporations participate in membership meetings remotely, and retroactively validated meetings already held that way. It failed introduction 29-31 and the Nonprofit Corporation Act still has no member remote-participation provision. Wyoming Legislation https://hoaweekly.com/wyoming-latest-the-political-sign-bill-died-for-a-third-time/ https://hoaweekly.com/wyoming-latest-the-political-sign-bill-died-for-a-third-time/ Sat, 19 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT HB0189 (2026) would have barred associations from prohibiting campaign signs and applied only to documents created or amended after July 1, 2026; the House never called it up for introduction. Wyoming Legislation https://hoaweekly.com/wyoming-latest-the-neighbour-veto-on-rezoning-survived-two-attempts/ https://hoaweekly.com/wyoming-latest-the-neighbour-veto-on-rezoning-survived-two-attempts/ Sat, 19 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT SF0117 would have widened the protest radius to 300 feet while cutting the council override from three-quarters to two-thirds; HB0077 would have repealed the statute outright. Both died, leaving W.S. § 15-1-603 unchanged. Wyoming Legislation https://hoaweekly.com/wyoming-latest-the-mortgage-modification-act-carves-out-association-liens/ https://hoaweekly.com/wyoming-latest-the-mortgage-modification-act-carves-out-association-liens/ Sat, 19 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT Chapter 6 of the 2026 session laws protects a modified mortgage's priority — and its definition of “mortgage” expressly excludes any instrument securing a unit owner's association dues, fees or assessments. Wyoming Legislation https://hoaweekly.com/wyoming-latest-the-homeowner-exemption-now-asks-where-you-live/ https://hoaweekly.com/wyoming-latest-the-homeowner-exemption-now-asks-where-you-live/ Sat, 19 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT From tax year 2026 the 25% exemption requires the claimant to reside in the home at least eight months of the year, filed annually with the county assessor by March 1 — and condominiums and townhouses are named in the statute. Wyoming Compliance https://hoaweekly.com/wyoming-latest-the-hoa-that-lost-in-court-still-set-the-occupancy-cap/ https://hoaweekly.com/wyoming-latest-the-hoa-that-lost-in-court-still-set-the-occupancy-cap/ Sat, 19 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT After the Wyoming Supreme Court held that Rafter J's covenants allowed “any commercial purpose” on Lot 333, the association negotiated a 99-person ceiling on the workforce housing that opened there — a term no court ordered. Wyoming Compliance https://hoaweekly.com/wyoming-latest-the-governor-is-suing-his-own-property-tax-board/ https://hoaweekly.com/wyoming-latest-the-governor-is-suing-his-own-property-tax-board/ Sat, 19 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT The State Board of Equalization refused to certify 2026 residential values, calling the property tax cap unconstitutional; Governor Gordon sued the board he appoints, a judge ordered certification, and the board counterclaimed. Wyoming Courts https://hoaweekly.com/wyoming-latest-the-fifty-thousand-dollar-deductible-ceiling/ https://hoaweekly.com/wyoming-latest-the-fifty-thousand-dollar-deductible-ceiling/ Sat, 19 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT Since July 1, 2026 a condominium master policy's per-unit deductible may not exceed $50,000, HO-6 coverage is mandatory where one exists, and a Wyoming association whose carrier non-renews has no state residual market to fall back on. Wyoming Compliance https://hoaweekly.com/wyoming-latest-the-fast-track-permits-act-clock-is-not-an-arc-clock/ https://hoaweekly.com/wyoming-latest-the-fast-track-permits-act-clock-is-not-an-arc-clock/ Sat, 19 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT Chapter 42 of the 2026 session laws gives local governments 10 business days to call an application complete and 30 days to decide it, with deemed approval if they miss — and it leaves association architectural review entirely untouched. Wyoming Legislation https://hoaweekly.com/wyoming-latest-the-1400-dollar-filing-fee-that-cannot-save-you/ https://hoaweekly.com/wyoming-latest-the-1400-dollar-filing-fee-that-cannot-save-you/ Sat, 19 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT A 2026 act let the Secretary of State charge up to $5,000 to expedite Title 17 filings; the fee schedule set $1,400 same-day and $700 next-day, and excludes everything that can be filed online — including a nonprofit's annual report. Wyoming Compliance https://hoaweekly.com/wyoming-latest-teton-county-wants-written-hoa-approval-before-an-str-permit/ https://hoaweekly.com/wyoming-latest-teton-county-wants-written-hoa-approval-before-an-str-permit/ Sat, 19 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT Teton County bans rentals under 31 days outside designated locations and fines up to $750 a day; the Town of Jackson caps residential-zone rentals at three stays and 60 nights a year, and both put the association in the permitting path. Wyoming Compliance https://hoaweekly.com/wyoming-latest-teton-county-refunded-a-housing-fee-and-apologised/ https://hoaweekly.com/wyoming-latest-teton-county-refunded-a-housing-fee-and-apologised/ Sat, 19 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT A Pacific Legal Foundation takings suit over Teton County's workforce-housing mitigation fee ended in March 2026 with a refund, interest and a written apology — and no ruling on whether the fee is constitutional. Wyoming Courts https://hoaweekly.com/wyoming-latest-sf-99-hands-utilities-an-easement-over-common-areas/ https://hoaweekly.com/wyoming-latest-sf-99-hands-utilities-an-easement-over-common-areas/ Sat, 19 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT Chapter 102 of the 2026 session laws creates an easement by operation of law, up to 30 feet either side, wherever an undocumented electric line installed before January 1, 2006 crosses private land — including association common areas. Wyoming Legislation https://hoaweekly.com/wyoming-latest-schroth-a-design-committee-cannot-amend-covenants/ https://hoaweekly.com/wyoming-latest-schroth-a-design-committee-cannot-amend-covenants/ Sat, 19 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT The Wyoming Supreme Court affirmed an injunction shutting a $2 million winery out of a single-family subdivision, holding that neither the design committee's 2010 approval nor a Teton County conditional use permit could override the covenants. Wyoming Courts https://hoaweekly.com/wyoming-latest-one-adverb-changed-in-the-member-liability-shield/ https://hoaweekly.com/wyoming-latest-one-adverb-changed-in-the-member-liability-shield/ Sat, 19 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT Chapter 25 of the 2026 session laws replaced “merely” with “solely” in all three subsections of W.S. § 17-22-106, the provision that protects members of Wyoming's unincorporated nonprofit associations from the association's debts and torts. Wyoming Legislation https://hoaweekly.com/wyoming-latest-noncompetes-are-void-and-that-reaches-on-site-staff/ https://hoaweekly.com/wyoming-latest-noncompetes-are-void-and-that-reaches-on-site-staff/ Sat, 19 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT Chapter 170 of the 2025 session laws makes any covenant not to compete restricting the right to be paid for skilled or unskilled labor void, for contracts entered into on or after July 1, 2025, with four narrow exceptions. Wyoming Legislation https://hoaweekly.com/wyoming-latest-laramie-county-says-three-times-it-will-not-enforce-covenants/ https://hoaweekly.com/wyoming-latest-laramie-county-says-three-times-it-will-not-enforce-covenants/ Sat, 19 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT The 306-page land use regulations adopted in August 2025 require covenants to be referenced on the plat, then state in three separate places that the county will not enforce them — and set stricter-of-the-two as the rule where code and covenant conflict. Wyoming Regulation https://hoaweekly.com/wyoming-latest-hud-stopped-charging-untrained-support-animal-cases/ https://hoaweekly.com/wyoming-latest-hud-stopped-charging-untrained-support-animal-cases/ Sat, 19 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT A May 22, 2026 FHEO memorandum limits reasonable-cause findings to animals individually trained for disability-related work; Wyoming's 2015 Fair Housing Act has never been certified or assigned to any state agency, so complaints go to HUD Denver. Wyoming Compliance https://hoaweekly.com/wyoming-latest-hein-meander-line-rule-reaches-private-deeds/ https://hoaweekly.com/wyoming-latest-hein-meander-line-rule-reaches-private-deeds/ Sat, 19 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT The Wyoming Supreme Court held for the first time that the meander line rule applies to private conveyances, putting riverfront subdivision boundaries at the thread of the stream — and read the subdivision's own covenants as evidence of that intent. Wyoming Courts https://hoaweekly.com/wyoming-latest-hb-45-removed-the-sunset-on-the-over-65-exemption/ https://hoaweekly.com/wyoming-latest-hb-45-removed-the-sunset-on-the-over-65-exemption/ Sat, 19 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT 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. Wyoming Legislation https://hoaweekly.com/wyoming-latest-hb-192-makes-a-gated-road-a-utility-defence/ https://hoaweekly.com/wyoming-latest-hb-192-makes-a-gated-road-a-utility-defence/ Sat, 19 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT Chapter 119 of the 2025 session laws requires utility wildfire mitigation plans, preempts conflicting local land use rules, and deems a utility to have complied where it was denied or unreasonably delayed access to a right-of-way. Wyoming Legislation https://hoaweekly.com/wyoming-latest-fincen-is-deleting-what-hoa-boards-already-filed/ https://hoaweekly.com/wyoming-latest-fincen-is-deleting-what-hoa-boards-already-filed/ Sat, 19 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT A final rule effective August 14, 2026 limits beneficial ownership reporting to foreign entities; the preamble names homeowners associations twice, and FinCEN is deleting information already filed by U.S. persons. Wyoming Compliance https://hoaweekly.com/wyoming-latest-conger-a-dissolved-hoa-cannot-write-covenants/ https://hoaweekly.com/wyoming-latest-conger-a-dissolved-hoa-cannot-write-covenants/ Sat, 19 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT The Wyoming Supreme Court reversed summary judgment for an association whose predecessor had been administratively dissolved two years before it recorded amended covenants, and placed the burden of proving authority on the association. Wyoming Courts https://hoaweekly.com/wyoming-latest-condo-reserves-are-ten-percent-until-january/ https://hoaweekly.com/wyoming-latest-condo-reserves-are-ten-percent-until-january/ Sat, 19 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT 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. Wyoming Compliance https://hoaweekly.com/wyoming-latest-clark-fuller-ccrs-were-ambiguous-about-other-lands/ https://hoaweekly.com/wyoming-latest-clark-fuller-ccrs-were-ambiguous-about-other-lands/ Sat, 19 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT The Wyoming Supreme Court found a subdivision's private-road easement clause ambiguous where it referred to undefined “other surrounding lands,” and weighed the claimant's failure to pay the covenant road-maintenance share against them. Wyoming Courts https://hoaweekly.com/wyoming-latest-cheyenne-deleted-its-adu-owner-occupancy-rule/ https://hoaweekly.com/wyoming-latest-cheyenne-deleted-its-adu-owner-occupancy-rule/ Sat, 19 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT A February 2026 ordinance struck the requirement that an owner live on site to have an accessory dwelling unit; the codified Cheyenne UDC confirms it is gone, and a covenant banning ADUs or rentals is untouched by the change. Wyoming Regulation https://hoaweekly.com/wyoming-latest-an-hoa-road-restriction-split-a-venue-approval-in-two/ https://hoaweekly.com/wyoming-latest-an-hoa-road-restriction-split-a-venue-approval-in-two/ Sat, 19 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT Commissioners approved the Bit-O-Wyo Ranch event venue in two phases on September 1, 2026 because the Cheyenne Pass Subdivision HOA restricted traffic on the most feasible access road, leaving phase two contingent on a BLM easement. Wyoming Compliance https://hoaweekly.com/wyoming-latest-an-fcc-petition-tests-a-rooftop-antenna-ban/ https://hoaweekly.com/wyoming-latest-an-fcc-petition-tests-a-rooftop-antenna-ban/ Sat, 19 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT MB Docket 25-214 asks the FCC to declare a Florida association's rooftop antenna ban preempted by the OTARD rule; the fact pattern is a single-family home, which is the shape most Wyoming associations take. Wyoming Regulation https://hoaweekly.com/wyoming-latest-a-title-freeze-bill-is-being-drafted-for-2027/ https://hoaweekly.com/wyoming-latest-a-title-freeze-bill-is-being-drafted-for-2027/ Sat, 19 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT The Joint Corporations Committee voted in May 2026 to draft the ROCK Notice Act, letting an owner file a notice with the county clerk that blocks voluntary transfers for up to seven years — on the same recording system associations use to perfect assessment liens. Wyoming Legislation https://hoaweekly.com/wyoming-latest-a-settlement-failed-over-whether-a-restriction-would-be-recorded/ https://hoaweekly.com/wyoming-latest-a-settlement-failed-over-whether-a-restriction-would-be-recorded/ Sat, 19 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT In Cross v. Albright the Wyoming Supreme Court held that neighbours who mediated a deal over ditch access and a visual storage restriction never formed a contract, because they had not agreed whether the restriction was a recorded covenant or a personal promise. Wyoming Courts https://hoaweekly.com/wyoming-latest-a-five-foot-noncombustible-zone-meets-the-landscaping-covenant/ https://hoaweekly.com/wyoming-latest-a-five-foot-noncombustible-zone-meets-the-landscaping-covenant/ Sat, 19 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT IBHS extended its Wildfire Prepared Home programme to Wyoming in April 2026, requiring a five-foot zone clear of vegetation, wood mulch, firewood and combustible fencing — while insurers reprice and Wyoming has no state defensible-space code. Wyoming Compliance https://hoaweekly.com/wyoming-latest-a-dollar-an-acre-bill-would-have-come-with-strict-covenants/ https://hoaweekly.com/wyoming-latest-a-dollar-an-acre-bill-would-have-come-with-strict-covenants/ Sat, 19 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT HB0055 would have disposed of state land by lottery in clusters of 300 to 1,000 ten-acre lots, owner-occupants only, businesses barred, with reversion — and the bill's own findings named covenants as the enforcement mechanism. Wyoming Legislation https://hoaweekly.com/wyoming-latest-a-covenant-purchase-right-ended-in-punitive-fees/ https://hoaweekly.com/wyoming-latest-a-covenant-purchase-right-ended-in-punitive-fees/ Sat, 19 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT In Anderson v. Messinger the Wyoming Supreme Court affirmed specific performance against sellers, tortious-interference liability against the neighbour holding a covenant right of first purchase, and attorney fees imposed as punitive damages. Wyoming Courts https://hoaweekly.com/wyoming-latest-a-communitys-water-system-is-now-critical-infrastructure/ https://hoaweekly.com/wyoming-latest-a-communitys-water-system-is-now-critical-infrastructure/ Sat, 19 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT Chapter 112 of the 2025 session laws, vetoed and then overridden, criminalises drone photography and loitering over water and wastewater systems — and exempts a private landowner flying over their own property. Wyoming Legislation https://hoaweekly.com/wyoming-latest-a-committee-bill-would-put-irrigation-districts-in-the-plat/ https://hoaweekly.com/wyoming-latest-a-committee-bill-would-put-irrigation-districts-in-the-plat/ Sat, 19 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT 27LSO-0066 v0.7, sponsored unanimously by the Joint Agriculture Committee on July 28, 2026, would require a subdivider inside an irrigation district to submit its intended disposition of water rights 60 days before filing with the State Engineer, and to litigate if no agreement is reached. Wyoming Legislation https://hoaweekly.com/virginia-latest-you-have-thirty-days-and-nobody-can-extend-it/ https://hoaweekly.com/virginia-latest-you-have-thirty-days-and-nobody-can-extend-it/ Sat, 19 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT A notice of final adverse decision must reach the Common Interest Community Ombudsman within 30 days with a $25 fee — a statutory deadline the Office says it has no power to lengthen. Virginia Regulation