In Dodge v. Baker, Plaintiff and Defendants are neighboring property owners of two parcels of land located in the Village of Sodus (the “Village”), in Wayne County, New York (the “Parcels”). Each ...

When comparing homes to buy, you may discover that some communities have restrictive covenants in place. These housing rules are most common in condominiums, townhomes, planned communities and ...

A Wake County map documents more than 14,500 racially restrictive covenants from 1900–1950, revealing how discriminatory ...

The authors discuss major federal, New York, and nationwide developments affecting restrictive covenants since 2025, ...

Restrictive covenants have a significant and substantial impact on the use and value of property; yet they are often ignored entirely or not considered until the end of the due diligence period before ...

A Raleigh developer wants to build 12 four-story townhouses at 524 and 528 Barksdale Drive in east Raleigh’s Woodcrest subdivision. The city has approved the project but Steve Sypher, owner of Steve ...

So-called “restrictive covenants,” forbidding the sale or rental of real estate to people based on their race or ethnicity, were commonplace in the middle of the 20th century, and many current real ...

A 20-year-old intern is not the same as a salesman of 20 years. Assembly Bill 3715 is needlessly overbroad. While we acknowledge that under some circumstances the enforcement of restrictive covenants, ...

February 17, 2022 - Restrictive covenants were once the exclusive province of the common law in each state. That is no longer the case. So far, the applicable law remains state law (although there are ...

This Woodcrest covenant states that only detached, single-family, two-and-a-half-story homes can be built in the subdivision. The George Building Company recorded the covenants in the Wake County ...