SF 1750 Clears MN House
April 30, 2026 | Mark Luis Foster It was a marathon House session that started around 4 p.m. today and went well after 6 p.m. before a vote on this HOA reform bill was taken. Rep. Kristin Bahner (DFL), who is the bill's author and has since craftily dubbed this [...]
Final Hours
April 30, 2026 | Mark Luis Foster The last day of April and we are watching (like a hawk) what happens in the Minnesota House as it takes up SF 1750, the reform legislation that seeks to make the lives of HOA leaders even more burdensome with additional regulation that [...]
SF 1750 Goes to House
April 29, 2026 | Mark Luis Foster The game's afoot. Senate File 1750, the HOA reform bill that seeks to regulate homeowner associations in Minnesota even beyond the current Minnesota Common Interest Ownership Act (MCIOA), is headed to the House Floor for a vote on Thursday, April 30. If it [...]
Where Art Thou, Mr. O?
April 28, 2026 | Mark Luis Foster Welp. In the category of "that didn't last long" comes news that the new-ish Minnesota HOA Ombudsman, Mr. Joe LeBlanc, is no longer in the chair. Details are sketchy, but we do know that his employment in this position, which was created by [...]
SF3622 Passed
April 28, 2026 | Mark Luis Foster Last week as we reported, a largely "technical" bill, SF 3622, passed both the House and Senate and is destined to become law. The bill, authored by Senator Michael E. Kreun (32, R), is essentially a "clean up and modernization" bill to realign [...]
Construction Worker Wage Theft Settled
April 27, 2026 | Mark Luis Foster We're gearing up for heavy construction season, and many HOAs are popping up in empty farm fields across the metro. That means lots of construction workers busily building the next generation of housing (and thusly, creating more volunteer opportunities for future board members!) [...]
