HOAs often prevent homeowners both from fully inhabiting their space and making eco-friendly choices. New laws could save ...

Living under the thumb of an HOA has its ups and downs. Homeowner devises clever solution to HOA's rules after pushback on ...

Serving on a homeowner’s association (HOA) board is no small task. Board members juggle various responsibilities, from ...

South Carolina law has restrictions on what a homeowner association can do. Is one of those things entering your home or ...

When purchasing a house that’s part of a homeowners association, you are entering into an agreement with significant ...

New California law, under Civil Code Section 5551, required a visual inspection of “exterior elevated elements” by Jan. 1, ...

Homeowners have a lot of tax implications to consider—and for those who own places with homeowners association fees, it can get even more complicated. It's time to get real about how your real estate ...

but owners have long been frustrated with HOA rules. The law's provisions are sensible reforms that more parts of the US should adopt. But they do little more than smooth out the rough edges in ...

Q: Can an HOA publish a meeting notice on its website and NOT also notify by email, the members? — K.M., San Diego A: Civil Code Section 4920(c) requires that notice of board meetings be published by ...

(In August 2023, Heartland submitted updated leasing rules that did not include a Section 8 ban.) Undeterred by the legal scrutiny of Heartland, the HOA in Providence Village introduced its own ...

Arbitrary rules and enforcement abound about house color ... put up an antenna like this one which is disguised as a set of HOA-friendly holiday lights. For this build, a long wire is hidden ...