Vermont has created a statewide library of pre-approved housing designs that builders can use without going through individual municipal design reviews, covering a range of home types for a neighborhood's worth of construction. The initiative builds on a trend among local governments nationwide of preapproving home plans to speed up permitting.
fastcompany.com
· 2026-10-30
A database tracking 104,659 Florida homeowner and condo associations found that associations have filed 10,296 foreclosure suits against their own members, recorded 460,412 claims of lien and 277,047 lis pendens, totaling nearly 49,000 court records. The data also shows 6,661 associations are lapsed or out of good standing with the state, and that Florida accounts for 73% of the nation's association foreclosure suits.
hoaspy.com
· 2026-10-18