Tex. Prop. Code § 202.024 · Chapter 202. CONSTRUCTION AND ENFORCEMENT OF RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS
DISCRIMINATION AGAINST TENANT BASED ON METHOD OF PAYMENT PROHIBITED.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) In this section, "method of payment" includes payment made in whole or in part by:
(1) a housing choice voucher under Section 8, United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. Section 1437f); or
(2) any other federal or state or local housing assistance provided to a person or to a property owner on behalf of a person, including rental vouchers, rental assistance, or rental subsidies from a nongovernmental organization.
(b) A property owners' association may not include or enforce a provision in a dedicatory instrument that prohibits or restricts a property owner from renting a dwelling to a person based on the person's method of payment.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 987 (H.B. 1193), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2023.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/PR/htm/PR.202.htm
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- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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