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FBI calls 2001 HOA scheme precursor to the big one "It had the makings of a lucrative construction defect scheme. A California law fi...

Plan For Belle Isle Utopia Revived After Bankruptcy Filing « CBS Detroit "DETROIT (WWJ) - Should Belle Isle be sold for $1 billion to ...

Couple in nasty battle with South Natomas homeowners association - Real Estate - The Sacramento Bee "The Campbells say the dispute beg...

A City Invokes Seizure Laws to Save Homes - NYTimes.com Given that the federal government won't do anything meaningful to help underwat...

Neighbors vs. Pine Village North HOA: New allegations arise in legal battle | abc13.com : HOUSTON (KTRK) -- Residents in Pine Village North ...

The problem with planned communities | Milford PA | Local News : Pennsylvania's Uniform Planned Community Act of 1997 regulates homeowne...

Homeowner’s association digs in over Brandermill garden war | WTVR.com : CHESTERFIELD, Va. (WTVR)– A garden could soon cost a Chesterfield f...

Adam Silberman, Banker: jumps out of seventh-floor window following fight with building co-op over his poodles | Mail Online "Accordin...

Staropoli et al. v. Arizona | aclpi.org George Staropoli and William Brown are the plaintiffs in a suit filed by the Arizona Center for La...

Residents of sinking Calif. subdivision file claim - SFGate : A leaking county water system that went undetected for months saturated the hi...

The Volokh Conspiracy » Our Amicus Brief on the Property Rights of Private Planned Communities Thanks to "Right to Own"  for this...

A Nevada Man Says His 3rd Amendment Rights Were Violated. Wait, What? | Mother Jones The Third Amendment to the United States Constitution...

New HOA laws require debt collection policy, licensed managers - The Denver Post "That legislation was prompted, in part, by multiple ...

Hearings to address 3.1 million pages of documents | Las Vegas Review-Journal Thanks to Shu Bartholomew for this update on the Las Vegas HO...

'Bulletproof' Arizona security team raises hackles at Gogebic mine site : Ws "Two members of the Wisconsin Legislature are ask...

I have been off the air almost entirely since about June 22.  My children and I took a trip to Phoenix to help my oldest son get his new hom...

Should homeowners be paid for losing ocean views? Top N.J. court to decide | NJ.com "New Jersey's top court is ready to make its r...

New HOA laws effective July 1 | The News-Press | news-press.com From Florida:  Time to find out how many HOAs in the state?  That might be ...

Husband and wife who were top real estate brokers fired for scattering DEAD ANIMALS on rival luxury property | Mail Online "A couple, ...

Police: HOA official pointed gun at woman for breaking rules | News 13 "ORLANDO -- An official for an apartment complex's Homeowne...