MN Supreme Court Rules on Storm Damage Issue
August 6, 2025 | Mark Luis Foster One of our fine sponsors, SJJ Law, was recently involved in a decision that helped the Supreme Court of Minnesota find in favor of Minnesota homeowners on an insurance related matter. The change that was made now requires that insurance providers pay for [...]
MN Housing Program Full of Fraud
August 3, 2025 | Mark Luis Foster Fraud, fraud and more fraud. The Minnesota Department of Human Services (DHS) told us all on Friday that it plans to end its much ballyhooed Housing Stabilization Services (HSS) program, a program described by DHS as a “benefit to help people with disabilities, [...]
Just the Beginning of HOA Oversight
August 2, 2025 | Mark Luis Foster Local NBC affiliate KARE 11 waded into the stormy waters of HOA reform with this report they filed about the HOA Ombudsperson office that is being set up under the Department of Commerce. The reporter makes the point that "this is just the [...]
Canine Law Affects HOAs Aug 1
August 1, 2025 | Mark Luis Foster The State Legislature in St. Paul was busily enacting a bunch of new laws in the last session, so much so that they didn't get to pass their much-beloved HOA Reform Bill when the session finally ran out of gas. But never fear, [...]
Desperately Seeking HOA “Ombudsperson”
August 1, 2025 | Mark Luis Foster Local TV reporter Richard Reeves from Channel 5 St Paul has taken a keen interest in the Avonlea Townhome Association re-roofing project in Lakeville, a project that has spawned a lawsuit by homeowners who apparently take issue with the board's decision to repair [...]
The Bramblegate Watergate in NC
July 31, 2025 | Mark Luis Foster By now you know we scrape the web for interesting, compelling or downright odd stories about HOAs across the country. Here's one that barely rises above the fold: A Greensboro, North Carolina condominium HOA that apparently has gone to seed due to [...]
