Call to Action

Nevada’s HOA dispute resolution system was built on a well-intentioned premise: most conflicts between homeowners and associations are ill-suited for civil litigation- but it fails to deliver.

Nevada’s HOA Ombudsman refuses to engage with homeowners on statutory questions — turning education into evasion and accountability into paper compliance.

Nevada’s HOA Task Force was meant to empower homeowners. Instead, political pressure and industry influence may be steering reform offstage before it even starts.

In Nevada HOAs, attorney-fee clauses silence homeowners and shield abuse. One homeowner’s story shows why reform can’t wait.

Judicial decisions shape Nevada’s HOA system and beyond. When Nevada Supreme Court justices run unopposed and courts reshape laws instead of applying them, accountability vanishes. NVHOAReform calls for a public review of judicial elections and their impact on homeowners.

Learn how statutes meant to protect homeowners are being reinterpreted to shield developers, and why reform is urgent.

Editor’s Note This post is a short read companion to our longer essay, Nevada’s HOA System Remains Unfinished . That piece explores in depth how Nevada built a framework of oversight and did not take care of it. Here, we step back and frame the problem in simpler terms: homeowners face not one but two hurdles on the path to fairness. The first is repairing institutions that no longer work; the second is building protections that don’t yet exist. Unfinished explains why Nev

Nevada’s HOA dispute system is broken. This blog explains why ADR reform is urgent and why the Legislature must act to protect homeowners.

Nevada’s HOA dispute system is broken. Learn why ADR, fee-shifting, and private rights of action leave owners at risk — and how reform can restore fairness.

Ten petitions have been filed thus far by HOA owners under NRS 233B.100 and NRS 116 seeking rulemaking by the CIC Commission on HOA elections, conflicts of interest, transparency, and more.

Courts call HOAs “quasi-governmental” yet deny public rights. Here’s why Nevada homeowners face government-type rules without protections.

Nevada HOAs collect billions annually, but homeowners have no way to compare dues, vendor costs, or reserve health. Learn how HOA benchmarking reform can bring transparency, accountability, and real homeowner power.

Homeowners fund HOA budgets but have no real say. See how Nevada can fix this with pre-adoption input and stronger oversight.

Some Nevada HOAs continue to hold virtual-only board meetings even after emergency orders have ended—excluding homeowners and weakening transparency. Learn why this practice is legally questionable and how reform is needed.

Dispute Resolution (ADR) Reform Must Be a Legislature’s Priority

Nevada’s HOA Commission fails again—see how weak oversight, opaque settlements, and conflicted enforcement expose homeowners to repeat harm.

HOA owner needs to be aware of systemic delegation of decision-making authority from elected volunteer boards to contracted managers and attorneys. several practical actions owners can take to challenge the informal control.

"This guest column from HOA activist Mike Kosor is the most civic-minded thing about homeowner associations you will ever read, I bet. Check it out:" Hugh Jackson, Editor Nevada Current. (reprint of May 14, 2025)

CIC Task Force reinstituted per SB 392(2019) holds potential assistance now ignored. Lawmaker attitude echoe a broader, troubling pattern of neglecting HOA issues. Lawmaker disdain will not tame the beast which is HOAs- just the opposite.

Expanding private enforcement of HOA laws threatens judicial fairness, raises costs, and undermines public oversight in Nevada.