Delaware HOA law guide.
Every Delaware statute that governs homeowners', condominium, and manufactured-home communities — each one hosted in full on HOPB, with the official text and a plain-language guide. Delaware runs on a modern comprehensive act (DUCIOA), a handful of parallel regimes, and the protections and corporate rules layered around them. This index is how the pieces fit together.
How condominiums and planned communities are run.
Delaware governs common-interest communities through two acts in Title 25. DUCIOA is the modern, comprehensive statute for communities created on or after September 30, 2009; the older Unit Property Act still governs condominiums that were created under it.
Where residents own the home but rent the lot.
Manufactured-home communities work differently from a condominium or HOA: residents own their homes but rent the land beneath them, so a dedicated landlord-tenant statute governs the relationship.
The association's legal status.
Most Delaware community associations are nonprofits. Those that never incorporated take their legal status — the power to own property, sue and be sued, and shield members from personal liability — from this Act.
Rights for residents, and where to get help.
Two Delaware laws sit alongside the community statutes: the Fair Housing Act protects residents from discrimination and reaches associations directly, and the Common Interest Community Ombudsperson is a state office that helps owners and boards understand their rights.
General information, not legal advice. Each statute is reproduced from the official Delaware Code and may not reflect the most recent amendments. Always confirm the current text against the official source.