The Privatopia Papers

Ashley Woods West resident says California Solar Rights Act protects his right to use the passive solar door When Frank Sigrist installed a ...

NYT: Biggest Defaulters on Mortgages Are the Rich LOS ALTOS, Calif. — No need for tears, but the well-off are losing their master suites ...

EAST BRIDGEWATER — Residents of Hillcrest Village in East Bridgewater learned a hard fiscal lesson when they let one person control the cond...

Residents were informed through the La Casa Activity Association president Clint Van Tassell's monthly report. He wrote, "We will i...

HOA Thefts Raised Questions About Financial Controls ADAMS COUNTY, Colo. -- A former employee was sentenced to 10 years in prison Wednesday ...

GALVESTON — Some West End homeowners, worried about the city’s plans for beach-front properties acquired through a federal buyout program , ...

The property manager of a Corolla resort community has been sentenced to nearly three years in federal prison after pleading guilty to embez...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lxx37s5tzdg Interesting commentary on associations and why it is so difficult to get more homeowner friendly...

There are lots of condo association spats and scams in the tiny, scandal-ridden hamlet of North Bay Village. Most of them are pretty boring....

Controversy is brewing over a flag pole in Woodstock, Georgia. A homeowner is asked to take down the pole flying an American flag. Jon Hanse...

Homeowner battles HOA, wants her roof to reflect an energy-saving ethic Zoom in on the Google Maps satellite view of University Acres in eas...

San Diego homeowner finds naked man asleep on sofa SAN DIEGO (AP) -- A San Diego resident awoke to a shocking discovery: a naked stra...

Chuck Bloom: It's my castle -- not an HOA's Some state laws hold that concept to be true; it's your castle if an unwanted intru...

media-ocracy This is a new blog run by Anthony DiMaggio, a political scientist (and friend of mine) who has a lot of very interesting thing...

ALIEN TELLS LARRY KING TO LEAVE CNN | Weekly World News That's the only possible explanation.

Let record show: Blago an equal-opportunity disparager :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Gov. Blagojevich $#*+%! | If you can't say something ni...

Price cuts mount as condos linger in Chicago - chicagotribune.com A trio of condo developments — one small, one medium and one large — annou...

A taxing dilemma: Rising property taxes are strangling some homeowners, especially the elderly (With Video) ----- Pennsylvania is noted for ...

There’s good news for American education. About three-quarters of residents — 74% — know the U.S. declared its independence from Great Brit...

It's understandable why residents want local control of fire protection, parks and water. Hundreds of special districts ...