Woodbridge Windows Lawsuit: Bankruptcy, Claims, and Recovery

If you’re searching for information on a Woodbridge windows lawsuit, here is where things actually stand: Woodbridge Home Solutions and its parent company, Renovo Home Partners, filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy on November 3, 2025, after abruptly shutting down five days earlier. The cases are classified as “no asset,” so customers with unfinished projects, lost deposits, or voided lifetime warranties are unlikely to recover money from the bankruptcy itself. The realistic path to getting paid back runs through state consumer-protection agencies and, in some states, contractor recovery funds, using a bankruptcy court procedure approved in May 2026 that lets you lift the automatic stay and pursue a judgment.¹²

What Happened to Woodbridge Home Solutions

The Dallas-based window and remodeling company was acquired by Renovo Home Partners in mid-2022. Renovo, headquartered in the same city and owned through a holding company called HomeRenew Buyer, Inc., had assembled a portfolio of seven regional remodeling brands. The Minnesota Attorney General’s office identified Renovo’s ultimate owner as a subsidiary of BlackRock.³

The whole network shut down on October 29, 2025. Five days later, HomeRenew Buyer, Renovo Home Partners, LLC, Woodbridge Home Solutions, LLC, Woodbridge Home Solutions of Kansas, LLC, and 15 other affiliated entities filed Chapter 7 petitions in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware. Chapter 7 is a straight liquidation, not a reorganization: the companies are winding down, not coming back.¹

On November 7, 2025, the court consolidated all 19 filings for joint administration under the lead case, Renovo Home Partners, LLC (Case No. 25-11937), before Judge Thomas M. Horan. Ricardo Palacio was appointed as the Chapter 7 trustee.⁴

The court filings show why customers are unlikely to see money from the estate. HomeRenew Buyer listed assets of less than $100,000 against liabilities of $100 million to $500 million, with between 200 and 999 creditors.⁵ All of the cases carry the “no asset” designation, which in plain terms means there is essentially nothing there to distribute.²

What Recovery Looks Like Now

Because the bankruptcy estate itself is empty, the practical route to reimbursement is your state’s consumer-protection framework. Two things matter here.

First, many states run home improvement guaranty or contractor recovery funds designed for exactly this situation: a licensed contractor takes your money, disappears, and you need somewhere to turn. Second, most of those funds require a court judgment against the contractor before they will pay. Because filing suit against a bankrupt company is normally blocked by the automatic stay, customers were stuck between two doors that would not open. The bankruptcy court fixed that in May 2026.

How to Lift the Bankruptcy Stay to Pursue a Claim

On May 19, 2026, Judge Horan approved “Stay Relief Procedures” that create a streamlined path for former customers. You file a declaration with the trustee’s counsel, the law firm Ashby & Geddes. If no objection is filed within ten days, the automatic stay lifts for your claim, and you can pursue the judgment your state’s fund requires. Filing fees for these declarations are waived.⁶

By mid-June 2026, multiple former customers had already filed declarations under the new process.⁴

State Consumer-Protection Steps to Take

The specifics of what you can recover depend on which state you’re in and which Renovo brand did your work. Two states have issued direct guidance for affected customers.

Minnesota. Attorney General Keith Ellison issued a consumer alert on November 21, 2025 after Minnesota Rusco closed, and his office opened an investigation that remains ongoing.⁷ Minnesota’s Department of Labor and Industry Contractor Recovery Fund provides up to $100,000 per consumer, with up to $550,000 in total claims against a single licensed contractor. The Attorney General’s office urged residents to apply before July 1, 2026, and confirmed that the stay-relief procedure is what unlocks the judgment the fund requires.³

Connecticut. The Department of Consumer Protection asked customers of NewPro, Renovo’s Connecticut brand, to file complaints with the agency and submit proofs of claim in the bankruptcy case. Commissioner Bryan Cafferelli said that once the bankruptcy is finalized, registered creditors may be eligible for reimbursement through Connecticut’s Home Improvement Guaranty Fund.⁸

If you’re in Texas, Kansas, or another state where Woodbridge or a sister brand operated, contact your state attorney general’s consumer-protection division and your state’s contractor licensing board to ask whether a recovery fund is available and what proof they need. File a proof of claim in the Delaware bankruptcy case regardless; even a “no asset” case can convert if assets are later located, and being on the creditor list preserves your position.

If You Worked for Renovo or Woodbridge

Employees have a separate legal question. The class-action firm Strauss Borrelli announced an investigation into whether Renovo Home Partners violated the federal Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act when it abruptly laid off staff in Phoenix. The WARN Act generally requires employers with 100 or more workers to give at least 60 days’ written notice before a mass layoff, and workers who don’t get that notice may be entitled to back pay and benefits. As of early 2026, no lawsuit had been filed, and no WARN Act notice specifically naming Renovo had been located in federal or state registries.⁹

A Different “Woodbridge Windows” Case You May Have Seen

Search results for this topic often surface a 2021 Ontario decision, Canadian Thermo Windows Inc. v. Seangio, involving a company based in Woodbridge, Ontario that sued a couple over negative reviews about leaking windows. Justice Fred Myers dismissed the case as a strategic lawsuit against public participation and ordered the company to pay $164,187 in full indemnity costs plus $2,500 in damages.¹⁰ That is a different company with no connection to the Texas-based Woodbridge Home Solutions or to Renovo Home Partners. If you’re a Woodbridge Home Solutions customer, that ruling doesn’t apply to your situation.

Where the Case Stands

As of mid-2026, the consolidated Renovo and Woodbridge bankruptcy remains in trustee administration under Ricardo Palacio, with procedural deadlines extended into the summer. The Minnesota Attorney General’s investigation is ongoing. The court’s stay-relief procedure is active, and customers are using it. For anyone with unfinished work or a worthless warranty, the near-term steps are the same: file a complaint with your state consumer-protection agency, file a proof of claim in the Delaware bankruptcy, and if your state has a recovery fund that needs a judgment, file a declaration with the trustee’s counsel to lift the stay so you can pursue one. Move quickly, because some fund deadlines have already been publicly flagged.³

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Law360. Home Remodel Group Renovo Files Ch. 7 With $100M Debt
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Kitchen & Bath Design. Major Home Renovation Platform Files for Bankruptcy Protection
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Minnesota Attorney General. Minnesota Rusco Consumer Alert Update
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BkAlerts. Bankruptcy Case: Renovo Home Partners, LLC
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BkAlerts. Bankruptcy Case: HomeRenew Buyer, Inc.
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Minnesota Attorney General. Order Approving Stay Relief Procedures
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Minnesota Attorney General. Consumer Alert: Minnesota Rusco
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Hartford Courant. Connecticut Consumer Protection Advises Consumers on Company Leaves Unfinished Projects
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Qualified Remodeler. Renovo Home Services Reportedly Shutters Operations
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Toronto Sun. Woodbridge Company Ordered to Pay Thousands for Bullying Couple Over Negative Reviews