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CIC Task Force: HOA Reform

 

NVHOAReform is closely following the work of Nevada’s Common-Interest Community (CIC) Task Force, which was created to address systemic HOA governance problems that lawmakers themselves have acknowledged are difficult to resolve within Nevada’s compressed, biennial legislative sessions. The Task Force created by SB 392(2019), authorized the Director of the Department of Business and Industry to convene a task force specifically charged with examining HOA-related issues and developing vetted, practical reform proposals for legislative adoption. Its work may influence CIC legislation for the 2026 legislative session and beyond, making its early direction, structure, and operating choices especially consequential.  As noted in the post Lawmakers See “HOA” as a Four-Letter Word-Time for Accountability, the "reconstituted” CIC Task Force may well be owners only viable option.

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At its core, the Task Force was intended to do something Nevada’s HOA system rarely does: meaningfully include homeowners in diagnosing systemic problems and shaping solutions. However, that purpose has been difficult to discern in practice. The Task Force convened only twice in 2020 without meaningful public participation and then went dormant. Its recent “reconstruction” raises renewed concerns. The current Task Force is dominated by industry representatives, placing the very mechanism lawmakers hoped would help level the playing field for homeowners at risk of being steered by those with strong incentives to preserve the status quo. Compounding this concern, the Task Force appears poised to operate under rules, notice practices, and meeting formats that significantly restrict homeowner participation and limit meaningful public engagement. This is not how a body behaves when homeowner input is viewed as essential rather than inconvenient.

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Our coverage will track not only what the Task Force is addressing, but what it is leaving untouched—and why omissions matter. Find NVHOAReform's list of laws that are in need of reform and the Task Force should be addressing here. Read more: Nevada’s HOA System Remains “Unfinished” and A Referee Program for Nevada HOAs: Fixing a Dispute Resolution System That Fails Homeowners.

 

Meeting #1, 12/19/24 11:00am 

Agenda, discussion items, and meeting link information can be found at the NRED website or Nevada Business and Industry meetings.  The Task Force met virtually as scheduled, with several members absent and very limited homeowner participation (fewer than seven owners present). My initial impression was underwhelming. The public notice and meeting format was not conducive to meaningful owner input, despite the Legislature’s stated intent that the Task Force solicit and consider homeowner perspectives. Substantively, much of the discussion focused on issues already within the CIC Commission’s existing authority, rather than on legislative gaps or structural reforms. On a promising note, it was suggested ADR reform, a top NVHOAReform effort, be a subject of future Task Force meetings.

 

The next meeting is tentatively set for late February, a timeline that raises concerns if legislative proposals are to be developed for the 2026 session. 

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Public comment was submitted by NVHOAReform on the following agenda items: 

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Meeting #2, TBD, est. late February

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