On June 30, 2025, Governor Newsom signed Assembly Bill 130 into law, enacting significant changes to homeowners association enforcement rules under the Davis-Stirling Act. While AB 130 primarily aims to streamline housing...more
With federal and state elections less than forty-five days away, political signs are popping up in yards everywhere. Many community associations have restrictions in their declaration or covenants, conditions, & restrictions...more
The North Carolina Court of Appeals waded into territory that has become increasingly challenging for developers and homeowners' associations (HOAs) to navigate: the regulation of short-term rentals....more
Massive legislation legalizing marijuana in Virginia became law July 1, 2021. The legislation ranges from legalization of marijuana to expungement of criminal records involving marijuana offenses to funding a public awareness...more
Surfside Collapse – what we know so far: On Thursday, June 24, 2021, at approximately 1:25 a.m., Champlain Towers South, a twelve-story beachfront condominium in the Miami suburb of Surfside, Florida, partially...more
A planned community developer needs to control operation and administration of the covenants and community association for some period of time to ensure orderly development and sale of project. The developer has invested...more
The Texas Property Code allows developers and their attorney wide discretion on the types of provisions that may be set forth in a set of governance documents for a community. In our experience, we have noticed that many...more
Section 66-27-413 of the Tennessee Condominium Act includes specific requirements for insurance obtained by the condominium association for condominium regimes. If there are horizontal boundaries (residential units above...more
In my last post, “Real Estate Alphabet Soup: G is for Guaranty” I continued my primer on the “alphabet soup” of real estate. This post continues to stir the “alphabet soup” with the letter “H.”...more
The California Supreme Court has adopted a rule of deference to most decisions made by community association boards...more
It may be hard to believe, but community associations ("Associations") occasionally deal with homeowners who don't think they are required to pay assessments. The reasoning for these beliefs can range from "I don't use the...more
Your local government (county, city or town) is there to serve. The local government regulates the owners of your association through zoning, taxes them on your real estate and personal property, and provides services such...more