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Explore the declining Florida condo market: soaring costs, insurance rates, and the challenges facing owners in a shifting real estate landscape.
Independent American Communities (IAC) blog contains more than 1,500 posts and articles that provide real life examples of the risks and disadvantages of owning a home in an HOA community, including a ...
In this post, I take a bold, Big Picture view of HOA problems. I define HOA problems broadly, to include any combination of the following: HOA abuse of power, HOA community dysfunction, years of ...
Discover recent laws enhancing transparency and homeowner rights in HOA, condo, and co-op communities across the U.S. Stay informed!
This post highlights Pennsylvania HOA reform legislation under consideration for CIOCs. (Homeowners, condominiums, and cooperatives) in the 2023-2024 session. Two of the bills have been filed follo… ...
As of 2023, there are 4 new HOA and ADU laws affecting California homeowners. These laws pertain to HOA meetings, quorums, and the addition of a new law to promote construction of ADUs in HOA-gover… ...
In my previous post, Buying a home or condo? 10 tips to check out the HOA, I touched on the importance of carefully reading the governing documents that apply to the home or condo you're planning to ...
This month’s brief highlights the ongoing struggle for HOA consumer rights as well as another controversial land use bill. Also in the news: unsafe condo evacuations; homeowners who complain … ...
IAC welcomes 2023 by presenting this annual summary of notable HOA laws enacted in the in 2022 legislative sessions. This post also includes a few summaries of other notable HOA-related bills that ...
This post covers two major themes. First, it explains the triple threat of HOA living. Second, it gets to the heart of the matter by exposing the root causes of HOA risks and pervasive problems. I’ll ...