Texas Property Code
§ 202.024 — DISCRIMINATION AGAINST TENANT BASED ON METHOD OF PAYMENT PROHIBITED
PR § 202.024Title 11. RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS · Ch. 202. CONSTRUCTION AND ENFORCEMENT OF RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS
Statute text
View on source(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.
Legislative history
Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 987 (H.B. 1193), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2023.