NEVADA HOA REFORM COALITION

What we stand for:

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• Empowered owners with a strong voice in their community

• HOAs are a form of local governance guided by a declaration (a contract/CC&Rs) and set of laws (NRS 116), effectively forming the community's constitution- where changes should not be taken lightly by lawmakers.  

• Demanding more from Nevada's Regulator- Nevada Real Estate Division (NRED) & CICCH Commission 

• Addressing the destructive nature of prevailing party provisions in CC&Rs

• Limiting Restrictive Covenants

• Strict standards & regulatory review of declarations (CC&Rs)

• Limiting the power of boards

• Limiting Declarant's control duration and rights

• A balanced, equitable, and low cost conflict resolution process

• End private right of action for NRS 116 (HOA laws) 

 

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Our mission is to advance homeowner voice and accountability in Nevada’s HOA governance system. We seek to make our case where it matters most — so the argument reaches the people who need to hear it, not just those who already agree. 

 

Absent homeowners exercising their voice, their vote, and, when necessary, organized collective action, meaningful reform of Nevada’s HOA system will remain unfinished.

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Our work focuses on the state laws and institutional gaps that allow abuses of power in common-interest communities — whether by homeowner- or developer-controlled boards, management companies, or HOA attorneys operating without meaningful accountability. Lasting reform will not come from education alone. It requires confronting the structural weaknesses that allow governance power to operate without adequate oversight or neutral review.

We aim to bring those structural issues into the open, frame them in ways policymakers and the public can engage seriously, and strengthen the informed homeowner voice needed to move reform forward.

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We recognize local and fragmented advocacy efforts have failed and will continue to fail until HOA reform is recognized as a social and political movement. The Nevada HOA Reform Coalition is a grassroots effort dedicated to uniting Nevadans through empowering HOA community members. We were formed by a need to provide voice to over half of the 1.3 million homeowners living in HOA - a element long missing in Nevadan's HOA legislative and regulatory processes.

 

The Coalition believes HOAs while not perfect are a good idea -  at least as originally envisioned. They should deliver real value for both owners and the community. One of the primary justifications for permitting the creation of HOAs that subject owners to extensive powers affecting their property values and quality of life are assurances owners have the power through the political process to control actions of the association. Have we been conned? 

 

We understand that HOAs are a popular business model that increase profits for the real estate industry and reduce costs to local government by privatizing public services. Industry groups argue that developer control is essential until most lots or units are sold to non-developer owners, citing the financial risks involved in establishing an HOA without guaranteed control.

Owners deserve transparent governance, documentation of fiscal health, inclusion, freedom within their home, and equitable conflict resolution. Housing affordability and security requires legislation that empowers homeowners. HOA laws must remain nimble in the face of unpredictability while still protecting the assets and interests of all stakeholders.  Unfortunately, a combination of unengaged homeowners, deep pocket special interests, municipality cost shifting incentives, and a blind eye regulator lacking accountability now challenge the value proposition of Nevada HOAs and owner investments. 

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"I think it’s quite confusing to have a 120 page condominium act filled with laws that there is no enforcement for.  I can’t tell you how many, probably thousands of times condominium owners throughout the state would call me and say “My association is clearly violating this law.  Who do I call?  Who do I go to?  What do I do?”  
“And so many times I would have to tell those people: I’m sorry, there is a law and you’re right, they're probably violating it based on what you’re telling me, but there’s no one to enforce this, so hire a lawyer, good luck.  I hope you have $200,000 to spend because that’s what it’s going to take to enforce this law.”
— Spencer Hennings, former Florida Condominium Ombudsman

The course ahead requires informed owners appropriately engaged in accountability and ensuring HOAs adapt to the evolving needs of the community stakeholder- we the owners. Join us in this effort.

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