The Privatopia Papers

Evan McKenzie on the rise of private urban governance and the law of homeowner and condominium associations. Contact me at ecmlaw@gmail.com


Saturday, April 16, 2011

Hands off my property, man tells HOA

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Busch put a sign on his garage stating he should have property rights and there should not be an HOA. He's been fighting with the Sand...
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Post hailstorm email from HOA ticks off residents

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PROSPER — An e-mail sent by a homeowners' association in Prosper is angering victims of Sunday night's thunderstorms. Neighbors in t...
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Beyond Privatopia: Rethinking Residential Private Government

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To be released on May 2. You can pre-order it by using the link.
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Tuesday, April 12, 2011

HOA that prohibited hoarding now talks smoking restrictions

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"LAGUNA WOODS – The largest homeowners association in Laguna Woods Village that recently prohibited residents from hoarding, will consi...
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Monday, April 11, 2011

Center for American Progress: The Perils of Privatizing our Mortgage Finance System

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With links to reports on the subject.
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HOA Information Office and Resource Center

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HOA Information Office and Resource Center : "The HOA Information Office and Resource Center provides information on the rights and dut...
Saturday, April 09, 2011

HOA goes after woman's garage as 'community center'

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A Tierrasanta homeowners association is cracking down on a 70-year-old woman whose garage has become a neighborhood gathering place of sor...
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HOA foreclosures come with price tag in troubled real estate market

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As for the Leiders' former Brier Creek home, while the HOA foreclosed on them back in 2009, two years later the HOA still has the deed...
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Homebuilder Pasquinelli files for bankruptcy

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"The bankruptcy petition is a dramatic turn of events for Pasquinelli, which started building homes in the Chicago market in 1956, and ...
Wednesday, April 06, 2011

CCHAL announces progress on SB 561

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Evan -- please post news of our victory in California's Senate Judiciary Committee yesterday. SB561 is legislation that protects both h...
Tuesday, April 05, 2011

To save houses from HOA foreclosure, bill would offer up what's inside

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This is like the old saying about a litigant being somebody who gives up his skin in the hope of saving his bones.
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Monday, April 04, 2011

Home Owner Associations Growing In Power While With Little Oversight Or Transparency | FortBendNow.com

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Home Owner Associations Growing In Power While With Little Oversight Or Transparency | FortBendNow.com : Thanks to Fred Fischer for sending ...
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Senator wrote HOA bills while working for HOA - Sunday, April 3, 2011 | 2:01 a.m. - Las Vegas Sun

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Senator wrote HOA bills while working for HOA - Sunday, April 3, 2011 | 2:01 a.m. - Las Vegas Sun : "Carson City — Sen. Allison Copenin...
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Sunday, April 03, 2011

Empty houses taking toll on Valley

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On a typical block in metro Phoenix, there's at least one empty home, often several. Overbuilding during the housing boom, record forecl...

Feathers fly

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  Feathers fly Saturday as Sacramento celebrates International Pillow Fight Day at Fremont Park. From Topeka, Kan., to Tunis, Tunisia, cit...
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HOA Wants To Ban Kids From Playing Outside - News Story - WFTV Orlando

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HOA Wants To Ban Kids From Playing Outside - News Story - WFTV Orlando : VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. -- A neighborhood homeowner's association ...
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Saturday, April 02, 2011

Las Vegas judge blocks foreclosure by HOA collection agency

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Nevada Association Services (NAS) is at the center of legal and political battles over how much homeowners -- and investors in foreclosed ho...

Citation over front yard toilet planter dismissed

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Flush with success, Terry told the Knoxville News Sentinel he might celebrate by flanking his driveway with two more commodes. ------------...

Testy in Texas over HOAs

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Calling associations “at least quasigovernmental,” Rep. Dwayne Bohac, R-Houston, said that “the scales are still tilted to HOA protections.”...
Friday, April 01, 2011

7 reasons why the mortgage crisis is dragging down the entire economy

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Some dramatic charts that put the magnitude of this thing in perspective.
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I am a professor of political science at the University of Illinois at Chicago, and an adjunct professor at The John Marshall Law School in Chicago. Nothing contained in this blog represents the opinions of UIC or John Marshall, and nothing you see here is legal advice. You can reach me at ecmlaw@gmail.com
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