Colorado’s HOA Transparency Law
October 8, 2025 | Mark Luis Foster In the category of "what's possible to come in Minnesota" is news that Colorado's new HOA transparency law went into effect on October 1. The Owner Equity Protection in Homeowners' Association Foreclosure Sales, as it's called, is designed to protect homeowners in HOAs [...]
We’re Number 8
October 7, 2025 | Mark Luis Foster We recently blogged about the fact that Minnesota is now 10th in the race toward the top in the highest median HOA monthly fees. Nothing to be too proud of in HOA land. That not-so-great-ranking is now followed by a bit better news: [...]
Ombudsperson, Where Art Thou?
October 6, 2025 | Mark Luis Foster The last legislative session that came to a whimpering end in St. Paul managed to squeak through a barely debated piece of legislation that was dislodged from the greater HOA reform package that was rattling around the capitol. The HOA Ombudsperson Office, as [...]
The Repaving of an HOA
October 4, 2025 | Mark Luis Foster Florida seems to be a literal "hotbed" of HOA stories, and here's another one, this time from Broward County where a dispute erupted in a huge HOA when the board opted to pave the property's roads to the tune of $5 million. A [...]
Minnesota is 10th in HOA Fees
October 2, 2025 | Mark Luis Foster We're Number Ten! We're Number Ten! But not in a good way. A member pointed out a recent Axios article that summarizes median HOA and condo fees in each state. Such fees have been under a microscope of late due to rising costs [...]
Water Crisis Causes Board Recall Effort
October 1, 2025 | Mark Luis Foster Where did summer go? I find myself wondering, and some people out west are also wondering why fines keep coming when irrigation water is sparse. Residents in an HOA near Modesto, California, are seeking to recall an HOA board, saying "the group has [...]
