The Privatopia Papers

The Modern Day HOA This program just aired live on WUNC, a public radio station in North Carolina. I was on with three other guests. (I co...

Trade Groups Push FHA to Reconsider Condo Loan Guidelines | Reverse Mortgage Daily Community Associations Institute, the President of Instit...

Homeowners under HOAs may find themselves at the mercy of a board that uses their dues to finance protracted legal battles that silence op...

Mortgage Servicers Latest Troubles: Homeowners Association Fees - American Banker Article Florida is the "lion's den" when it ...

HOUSTON—A local homeowner is fighting to keep her precious pet. Wilbur the pig is beloved by his owner, but not so popular with some neighb...

We here in Lake County, IL, were hit by a major storm at 8am on Monday. I have been without electrical power in my home and my office for t...

A Boca Raton condo owner has won a $400,000 court judgment against an unlicensed contractor who allegedly falsified invoices and violated th...

The Inlet House condo complex in Fort Pierce, Fla., was once the kind of place the 55-and-older set aspired to. It was affordable. The pool ...

White "picket fence" takes on a new meaning in Privatopia.

DENVER (CBS4)- There are more than 7,500 homeowners’ associations in Colorado. They govern more than 2 million people. HOA’s are big busi...

Brigantine police charged two former Spartan Harbour Condominium officials and a local contractor with theft and conspiracy in an alleged fr...

Sarah Eisenberg has lived through many storms in her 96 years, but the ominous forecast she faces these days comes from the association that...

Pinellas County lawyer Robert L. Tankel advocates showing no mercy toward property owners who fall behind on their homeowners association fe...

SAN ANTONIO --With 100-degree, hot, dry days, Armando Urdiales decided to plant a new lawn. Well, not really. It was his HOA, he said, that ...

TAMPA — Standing at the end of a quiet suburban cul-de-sac, Gene Minkel surveyed one tiny battleground in a nationwide fight that often pits...

George Will Spreads Some Lies About the Economic Crisis | Beat the Press It really is incredible to see such a concerted effort to rewrite h...

Quigley's fight was buoyed by an outpouring of popular support. Sympathetic fellow citizens in the U.S. rallied to his cause, but people...

And while you can expect a judge to keep a straight face while you describe how the neighbor kids like to congregate at 2:30 a.m. at the bas...

The retirement community was penalized after its management company failed to pay the majority of a total of $3.5 million in property taxes ...

The story of Dune, recreated with Gummi worms This has nothing to do with anything, but it is cool beyond belief.