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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’ ...

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 ...

It’s a new year. Time for new starts and fresh beginnings. It’s also the time of year that state Legislatures prepare for new sessions, where they may consider bill proposals to rein in excessive ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

How would you feel if you were the unlucky homeowner in your condominium — the owner of a lower level unit, and the repeated site of sewage backup whenever the pipe gets clogged? A Roy, Utah, ...

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, ...