The Privatopia Papers

Edmund N. Bacon, city planner, dies at 95 Bacon was a pretty aggressive planner who had few qualms about advocating major urban redevelop...

Auditor: City of Detroit may go broke This keeps things in perspective, doesn't it? In other news, Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick appe...

Let's put that Kelo decision in perspective... I've been critical of the USSC decision in Kelo v. City of New London that allowed...

California Association of Realtors Common Interest Development Committee Fred Pilot ran across this meeting agenda. Did you know the CAR ...

WAVE 3 TV Louisville, KY :: Condo Residents Stop Paying Fees To Protest Poor Living Conditions Nancy Levy sent this amazing example of an ...

"Governor Schwarzenegger Signs Legislation to Benefit Senior Citizens and Veterans"...but we know it was about HOAs! The ever-al...

Record low for home affordability in California I just got back from southern California, which is why I haven't been posting since la...

Acrappleface: President Hints at Alan Greenspan Replacement "I can't give you a name," Mr. Bush told the White House press ...

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...