Inflation Reduction Act Gives Homeowners New Energy Savings
On August 7, the Senate passed H.R. 5376, the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 on a party-line vote. A vote in the House is expected soon. While not as ambitious as the president’s Build Back Better Act, this bill nonetheless will have an impact on homeowners in the...
CAI Government Affairs Connects with State Legislators at NCSL Legislative Summit
CAI’s Government and Public Affairs team joined more than 200 organizations—including corporations, federal, state, and local government agencies, trade associations, special interest groups, and consulting firms—this week as an exhibitor at the 2022 National...
CAI Raises Disaster Assistance Equity Act with Senator Rubio
In a meeting with the Washington, D.C., office of Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL), CAI’s Florida Legislative Alliance (CAI-FLA) members urged Rubio to introduce the Disaster Assistance Equity Act (DAEA) in the Senate and work to enact it into law. H.R. 5298 is non-partisan...
CAI Advocacy Participates in Virginia’s Structural Integrity and Reserves State Workgroup
Virginia’s Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation oversees Virginia’s Common Interest Community Board (CICB), which regulates common interest community managers, as well as certain employees of licensed management firms. The CICB oversees state-run...
CAI Continues to Urge Changes to Updated Condo Lending Requirements
The House Financial Services Committee yesterday received testimony from Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Sandra Thompson. In a memo, CAI urged members of the committee to ask Thompson about ways to improve access to mortgage credit for condominium and...
CAI Celebrates Legislative Victory for Alaska HOAs
After a decade of hard work by CAI members in Alaska, a new state law will establish a streamlined method for community associations to obtain lienholder approval so they may amend their governing documents and take advantage of the protections, flexibility, and...
New Federal Proposal Would Help Condos Finance Critical Repairs
This week, Reps. Charlie Crist (D-Fla.) and Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.) introduced H.R. 8304, the Rapid Financing for Critical Condo Repairs Act of 2022, legislation that allows the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Federal Housing...
CAI Applauds Louisiana Members for Successful 2022 Legislative Efforts
The Louisiana State Legislature had an unprecedented year, introducing a handful of bills impacting community associations, ranging from restrictive covenants issues and association lien processes, to the introduction of the Uniform Planned Community Act. Though there...
We Remember and Honor: Anniversary of the Champlain Towers South Condominium Collapse
Today marks the one-year anniversary of the partial collapse of the Champlain Towers South Condominium Association in Surfside, Fla. CAI and our Southeast Florida Chapter are attending the Surfside Remembrance event in Surfside to honor those who lost their lives, the...
Assistance Animals & Community Associations
If it looks like a dog and acts like a dog, then community association restrictions regarding dogs must apply, right? Not if the dog is an assistance animal. Assistance animals play an important role in the lives of people with disabilities. The federal Fair Housing...
