The Privatopia Papers

Governance of Property Owners Associations Here is Don Nordeen's new weblog on this topic.

Governor signs bills protecting members of homeowner associations Fred Pilot passed this along. A big event in the Golden State... Hom...

The Basic Laws of Human Stupidity--by Carlo M. Cipolla, Professor of Economics, UC Berkeley I found this on FARK while taking a short bre...

HOAs lose popularity contest... Fred Pilot sent this link to a straw poll in Phoenix, AZ.

More states have enacted construction-defect statutes that can benefit you... ...if you are a developer or contractor--if you are an owner...

Study: Sun's Changes to Blame for Part of Global Warming Somebody tell Al Gore about this... Increased output from the Sun might be...

New Orleans returnees face health risks--Contaminated water, mold among problems Contaminated water, mold and the dusty sediment left be...

local6.com - News - Cemetery Plots Are Orlando's Newest Land Rush A little irony noted by Nancy Levy in this headline and the subhead,...

SOUTH FLORIDA: Condo ombudsman opens office in Broward County From Fred Pilot by way of Patrick's HOA News comes this story about Virg...

Citizens tout neighborhood bill of rights Nancy Levy sent this piece along, and it makes for fascinating reading. A proposed “neighborh...

Monster Mold Threatens Health in the South This is a huge problem in the best of conditions. Imagine it in the aftermath of two monster h...

Existing home sales rise in August WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Sales of existing U.S. homes rose 2 percent in August to the second highest l...

Ruckus over tape recordings disrupt homeowners association Nancy Levy sent this slice of HOA life, about a man who was arrested for having...

Fire Marshal's Office Completes Investigation Of Downtown Condo Interesting situation, sent on by Nancy Levy. The article has links to...

It's Bush's fault!! BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Police found cases of food, clothing and tools intended for hurricane victims at the h...

Real estate prices force Aspen Board of Realtors to move their office out of Aspen I think this is one of the signs of the Apocalypse. ...

Guardian: Hurricane aid used 'to test out rightwing social policies' President Bush's multi-billion dollar reconstruction plan...

Proposed subdivision sparks debate Nancy Levy sends this interesting public/private controversy with lots of juicy details...

Homeowners up in arms over HOA: HOA say rules are to improve neighborhood From Nancy Levy comes this saga of disgruntled HOA residents who...

Critics Fear Trailer 'Ghettos': Right, Left Target FEMA Initiative On the sprawling, dusty grounds of Lone Star Army Ammunition Pl...