Discover recent laws enhancing transparency and homeowner rights in HOA, condo, and co-op communities across the U.S. Stay ...

Across the U.S., homeowner advocates are preparing to file various bills in 2021 legislative sessions. Advocates hope to improve accountability of all types of mandatory-membership homeowners’ ...

Baby Boomers won’t run HOA boards forever. Expect to see increased HOA participation of younger homeowners. Have you ever noticed that most condo and HOA board members are older adults, usually ...

Earlier this month I told you about research showing a link between prejudice in homeowners associations and weak local government. Now a new study by a retired Yale University researcher concludes ...

Today’s blog examines Community Associations Institute’s (CAI) Panel Report on the Association Governance model, helping the reader to understand their political agenda. Part one will critique the ...

Last week, after months of contentious debates in the state Legislature, Colorado Governor Jared Polis signed a bill (HB22-1137), adding new regulation of the HOA foreclosure process. The new Act ...

Companion bills in FL House and Senate remove statutory provisions enabling homeowner associations to enforce covenants and restrictions with fines. If enacted, it would be a significant first step at ...

Whenever I read talking points from an industry trade group, Community Associations Institute (CAI), claiming that Association Governed Communities are “democratic” self- governance, I cringe. Nothing ...

I recently heard from a former association-governed community homeowner in Colorado, Neil Brooks. Unfortunately, Neil was recently diagnosed with an incurable type of heart failure, as well as an ...

Today IAC is reposting a 2017 article, which remains relevant today. Although HOA-governed communities are bound by foreclosure and eviction moratoriums due to the COVID-19 pandemic at this time, ...

According to Census data, 3 out of 4 new homes in the U.S. are built in HOA-governed communities. Home buyers are not always aware that each new HOA community is controlled by a real estate developer, ...

The Naples law firm of Hamilton Mikes is suing on behalf of 34 community associations in South Florida. The lawsuit names American Property Management Services (APMS) and Wells Fargo as defendants.