As the legislature continues to work, bills that were initially introduced with good intentions have started to struggle.  Specifically, HB 1225, The Homeowners Insurance Reform Act of 2013, has been postponed after it failed to gain traction in the House Committee on Business, Labor, Economic & Read More...

As the Colorado legislative season continues to move on, the legislatures continue to seek areas to improve the Colorado Common Interest Act and associated statutes.  Senators Carroll, Giron and Schwartz and Representative Fields sponsored SB 13-183 which has the effect of limiting a common interes Read More...

The Great Colorado Homeowners Insurance Reform Act of 2013 has been introduced and is moving its way through committee to save the day.  In its current form, the Insurance Reform Act contains a number of provisions that are geared towards making insurance more user-friendly.  The act also contains Read More...

The Department of Regulatory Agencies (DORA) released its 2012 annual report detailing the past years activity regarding homeowners associations.  The Report indicates that the Homeowners Association Information Office received 2,873 inquires in 2012 (a 5.9% decrease from 2011).  Read our full blo Read More...

Last week, the Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies (DORA) published proposed changes to the rules regulating to towing of motor vehicles, which could significantly impact community associations.  CAI published a Call to Action, asking members to take filing comments with the Public Utilities Read More...

As promised 2013 is turning out to be a very busy year for legislation involving or concerning Homeowners Associations.  In what seems to be a bill-a-week cycle, most recently SB 13-126 was introduced that requires every common interest community, condominium association, and landlord of rental pro Read More...

The CFPB issued its 804 page regulation recently as a part of the rule making required by the Dodd Frank Act.  Many of you may be saying why do I care?  Read our full blog post. Read More...

In an effort to re-encourage future development along light rail corridors and bus routes, a variety of parties joined forces to encourage the drafting of Senate Bill 13-052, which will create the “Transit-Oriented Development Claims Act of 2013.” SB 13-052 has been put forth for consideration b Read More...

Yesterday, CAI sent an email which provided a summary of HB-1134.  In the email, the Legislative Action Committee indicated that it was:  Read our full blog post. Read More...

In HB13-1134, introduced last Friday, Senator Carroll and Representative Ryden are proposing that the HOA Information and Resource Center be expanded in several keys ways:  Read our full blog post. Read More...