The Privatopia Papers

WTVC NewsChannel 9 :: News - Top Stories - Utah Homeowner Asked To Remove US Navy Flag From Home : (KUTV) A homeowners' association in L...

"Nestled in eastern Long Island is a sleepy little town called Yaphank where the streets have cozy names like Oak and Park, names that ...

I don't usually reproduce press releases, but I think in this case it bears repeating. I will be looking into the legislation in questi...

" An East Naples homeowners association has won its legal battle after a judge agreed Glen Eagle Golf & Country Club didn’t pay the...

Man vows to take HOA to court over demolition demands | KOB.com

http://www.wftv.com/news/news/local/judge-rules-troubled-condo-residents-can-take-back/nkZp9/ Thanks to Ward Lucas for this link.  Across ...

Would  you like  to read  the most detailed and persuasive analysis of double taxation and differential political  participation of CID owne...

Thanks to Fred Pilot for this story of one Florida condo development that went through the great recession and seems to be coming out of it,...

Ira Hansen, a far-right Nevada state legislator, has introduced a bill through his control of the judiciary committee that would repeal all ...

HOA boards take heed. You will allow your inmates to let their lawns turn brown. You will allow lawns to be turned into drought resistant la...

Drones present opportunity, challenge for community associations - Chicago Tribune Drones in the hands of condo and HOA boards?  What co...

This is how capitalism works.  Corporations make profits and get to keep them.   Corporations generate huge "externalities," meani...

No, really.  It's true.  Having solved all other problems, this HOA has decided to prevent children from playing.  Why would anybody, wi...

This Vox article references a number of studies that suggest the answer may be "yes." http://www.vox.com/2015/3/26/8291889/subu...

London?  Dubai?  The new cities in the US that are comprised of private, gated communities? " The word “private” is derived from the ...

Thanks to a helpful correspondent for flagging this.  Since the late 1970s cities have been trying to find ways to compensate for lost reven...

" The Rotunda,  a condominium building in Tyson's Corner, Virginia has implemented a policy in which all new pet owners who are mov...

The Garden City movement was the inspiration for common interest housing. Ebenezer Howard, a 19th century utopian thinker, wanted to build n...

Colorado Lawmakers Debate Construction Defects Bill  CBS Denver --------- The quest for the waterproof condo continues. Hint: solutions a...

4 found guilty in Las Vegas homeowner association fraud trial - www.ktnv.com : LAS VEGAS (AP) -- A federal jury found a Las Vegas lawyer and...