Education

A Nevada HOA law may be unnecessary while putting owners at risk of foreclosure. NRS 116.31031 limits ordinary HOA fines, but creates an exception when a violation is labeled as posing an imminent threat to health, safety, or welfare. This post argues that the HSW exception, if retained, must be narrowly defined, limited, and reconsidered because private HOA boards should not use an undefined label to remove ordinary fine protections.

Most HOAs work about as well as unpaid volunteers can. The real problems come from misaligned incentives and an ill-informed system. This site explains why.

NVHOAReform addresses the most common objections to Nevada HOA reform proposals and explain why structural fixes, not just enforcement, are essential.

Meaningful HOA reform cannot stop at minor procedural fixes.

Nevada already recognizes that ordinary HOA fines should not generally support foreclosure. But the HSW exception undermines that principle. If a condition truly threatens health, safety, or welfare, the law should require direct cure, abatement, injunction, or code enforcement — not foreclosure over a fine.

Nevada HOA owners are often told they can inspect only a short list of records. But NRS 116.31175 uses broader language: “books, records and other papers of the association,” including certain listed examples. The list is not the limit.

Nevada law gives developers extraordinary power to decide what a common-interest community will become before homeowners have any meaningful voice. That may be workable for ordinary common-area maintenance. But when amenities depend on outside users, projected revenue, specialized staffing, regulatory compliance, or future market conditions, the issue changes. The developer is no longer merely adding a neighborhood feature. The developer is embedding a business assumption int

Nevada homeowners have a statutory right to remove an owner-elected HOA board member with or without cause. But recall is not accomplished by anger alone. It requires a proper petition, secret ballot, turnout, and careful attention to NRS 116.31036.

Many homeowners like HOAs for community standards and amenities. But HOAs also exercise real governing and financial power over homes. The real question is whether Nevada properly limits that power and protects homeowners when it is misused.

Nevada homeowners often assume the state’s HOA system works like other regulated industries. It does not. This post explains who does what in Nevada’s HOA structure and why understanding that structure matters before a dispute becomes your own.

Nevada’s Supreme Court will decide if HOAs can punish homeowners for speaking out and running for office. The case tests the First Amendment inside common-interest communities.

Nevada tells homeowners there is a process when HOA disputes arise. But when complaints are dismissed without explanation, mediation produces no real accountability, and even “mandatory” ADR can be waived, the system begins to look less like protection and more like procedural theater.

The CIC Commission is Nevada’s longstanding HOA regulatory body. The CIC Task Force came later as an unusual sign that lawmakers believed the existing system needed help. Understanding the difference is critical for homeowners who want real reform.

Nevada must recognize HOAs as private governments. The Restatement of Property shows why governance with government-like powers needs government-like accountability

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 HOAs use foreclosure-backed assessments to fund entertainment and commercial ventures. This post calls for property-based limits on “common expenses.”

Nevada’s HOA laws promise accountability but deliver little enforcement. NVHOAReform explains how the Business Judgment Rule shields boards from scrutiny, leaving fiduciary duties unenforceable—and what reforms can fix it.

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

Developers an HOA boards use attorney fee clauses to intimidate and silence homeowners. Learn why prevailing-party provisions must be reformed.

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