Steve Sugarman on 2026 Basics of Condominium and HOA Law

More than 120 professionals in the community association industry recently attended a presentation by community association lawyer Steven L. Sugarman on “Condominium and HOA Law 101: Back to the Basics” held October 15, 2026 via webcast by the Pennsylvania Bar Institute (PBI).

Sugarman served as the course planner for this PBI program, which provided up to 3.6 hours of CLE credit on the most fundamental and important legal bases supporting and governing condominium and homeowner associations. Course topics included the creation and formation of associations; the association’s authority to govern, including the collection of assessments and enforcement of the community documents; and the sales process, including the sales of units to purchasers from the developer and resales from unit owners.

A community association law attorney for more than 40 years, Sugarman has played a critical role in establishing statutory and decisional law governing Pennsylvania’s common interest communities (CICs). As the chair and active member of the Community Association Institute’s (CAI) Legislative Action Committee for many years, Sugarman drafted and advocated for key amendments to Pennsylvania’s statutes. He also serves as an expert witness on community association matters brought before Pennsylvania’s courts and General Assembly.

A member of the prestigious College of Community Association Lawyers since 2000 and a past president of CAI’s Keystone Chapter, Sugarman developed and teaches one of the few law school courses nationwide on condominium and homeowner association law as an adjunct professor at the Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law. He is a frequent lecturer at the local and national levels on community association matters.