Texas · Through 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025

Tex. Property Code § 202.024: DISCRIMINATION AGAINST TENANT BASED ON METHOD OF PAYMENT PROHIBITED.

Where this section sits in the code

PROPERTY CODE
TITLE 11. RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS
CHAPTER 202. CONSTRUCTION AND ENFORCEMENT OF RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS

(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.

Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 987 (H.B. 1193), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2023.

Collected 2026-08-27T01:47:37Z. Source file · JSON

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