HUD Releases Guidance for Accommodation Requests for Assistance Animals
Agency clarifies whether internet certificates are valid and the types of animals that can provide emotional support The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) released guidance yesterday for individuals requesting an accommodation for an assistance...
Resource Spotlight: CAI’s Case Law Database
Every year, the Community Association Law Seminar presents a review of significant appellate cases that shaped community association law in the prior year. These cases focus on upcoming, emerging trends in association jurisprudence that are sure to advance the legal...
Legislative Resources Available for 2020 State Sessions
Forty-four states begin their 2020 legislative session this month and thousands of bills will be introduced. As we begin this new year, CAI wants to remind you of the resources we have to assist with any advocacy or lobbying efforts on behalf of the 347,000 community...
Disaster Assistance Equity Act Introduced
Representative Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) introduced H.R. 5337, the Disaster Assistance Equity Act, one month following the seventh anniversary of Superstorm Sandy’s landfall, the impact of which communities in New York and along the East Coast are still recovering. “In...
CAI Kicks off 12 Days of Advocacy
As we celebrate the holiday season and get ready to ring in the new year, 30 states are about to begin their respective legislative sessions. In 2019, CAI tracked a record number of bills: 1,500 state bills and 800 local bills. We are expecting to break this record in...
Holiday Decorations and Religious Displays: How Early Is Too Early?
I was on a run with a friend the week after Halloween, and we were talking about the release of the Starbucks holiday cups and how her 6-year-old daughter was horrified by how early the holiday cups were being introduced. “It’s too early!” she exclaimed. Personally, I...
HUD Takes Important Steps to Address Concerns Regarding Emotional Support Animals
CAI is pleased to report that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has taken an important step to address concerns related to documentation from a “reliable third party” regarding emotional support animals. HUD Secretary Ben Carson asked the Federal Trade Commission to investigate websites selling assistance animal documentation.
Will Upzoning Result in More Condos?
Nearly all housing-related organizations and major news outlets have reported on the affordable housing crisis in the U.S. Research from the Urban Institute, Harvard University, Brookings Institute, and advocacy groups supports that home prices are rising at a much...
CAI Board of Trustees Adopts Public Policy on Assistance Animals
Last month, the CAI Board of Trustees adopted a new public policy, Assistance Animals and Pets in Community Associations, that recognizes and supports the rights of residential community associations to regulate and adopt rules pertaining to pets and assistance...
CAI Applauds Illinois Chapter’s Efforts to Defend Disclosure Document Fees
On October 21, 2019 the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit affirmed the district court’s ruling in Horist v. Sudler & Co., Homewisedocs.com finding in favor of Sudler Property Management and Homewise.com, both are members of Community...
