Think your HOA can call all of the shots? Learn about 13 common HOA rules that may not be legally enforceable — and protect your homeowner rights today.

A Florida homeowners’ association (HOA) generally has broad authority to enforce the terms of its recorded declaration, as well as its bylaws and properly adopted rules (all commonly called covenants) ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Governance failures rarely announce themselves. They don’t begin with arguments, fines, or hearings. I didn’t expect to see these ...

When a Cape Cod homeowners association hired attorney Richard D. Vetstein of Vetstein Law Group in Framingham to review their homeowner’s association covenants, he made a shocking find. A ...

Your lawn turns brown during a drought, you cut back on irrigation to conserve water, and then an HOA violation letter arrives telling you to restore the grass. It sounds absurd, but conflicts over ...

Your grass turns brown during a scorching, rainless summer, so you do what seems reasonable: stop pouring hundreds of gallons of water onto it and let the lawn go dormant. Then an HOA violation notice ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. HOA covenants can regulate everything from trampolines and dog breeds to fences, flags and holiday decorations. Homeowners ...

Homeowners’ Associations (HOAs) play a critical role in managing residential communities across North Carolina. Their governing documents, specifically the Declaration of Covenants, Conditions, and ...