Most HOA disputes are not about money damages, but about interpretation and compliance with governing documents—CC&Rs, bylaws, and rules that bind homeowners as servitudes on their property. Yet Nevada’s dispute-resolution framework forces these governance disputes into forums that cannot resolve them, ultimately destined for civil litigation so costly and risky that most owners rationally abandon their claims before a neutral ever examines the issue.

Nevada homeowners lack real ways to challenge HOA governance abuses. Here’s what the CIC Task Force should fix — and why it matters now.

Nevada HOA boards are eliminating physical meetings and going fully virtual. State law still requires a “place.” Regulators haven’t clearly authorized the change.

The recent rise in corporate ownership of residential homes—and the governance influence it carries within HOAs, even at relatively small concentrations—places new strain on the assumptions underlying the HOA equity bargain. Common-interest community (CIC) laws rest on a foundational compromise: homeowners and the law tolerate extraordinary intrusions on traditional property rights only so long as governance remains aligned with resident interests rather than external profit

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

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

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

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.

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 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.

Nevada created an administrative path to investigate Chapter 116 violations, but gave that path a shorter deadline than the ordinary civil route. When declarant control delays meaningful discovery, the result is an accountability gap that pushes owners back toward costly litigation.

Nevada formed an HOA Task Force to fix system problems — but are homeowners properly represented? Here’s why that matters.