1. Find your Senator or Representative HERE
2. Click the legislator’s name
3. Select “email” or “Contact“ for written comments, or scroll down to locate their phone number

State your name, city, and why you oppose.

• Potentially unconstitutional targeting of 1-2 cities
• Based on false statements that family-based ordinances are illegal. Upheld by Supreme Court.
• Another Austin taking from local voter control
• Destroys affordable family housing as families must compete with 6-10 renters for a home
• Cities must allow high-occupancy, rent-by-the-room, operations in all homes
• Irrational application to only 8 cities
• Eliminates all zoning for “families”.
• Sets precedent for other Texas cities
• Currently in states like CA, OR, WA, CO.
• Social philosophy has led to also overriding deeds
• Expect 6-8 occupants in traditional homes
• Expect 8-12 in rebuilt teardowns
• Already allowed in Middle Housing zoning
• New rent-by-the-room construction in family neighborhoods will not be designed for families
• Allows partitioning homes to 70 sq-ft bedrooms
• Rent from 4 displaces most working-class
• Rent from 6-8 displaces most middle-class
• Investors displace cheapest first -working class
• Backed by realtor associations and investors
• Empowers even more corporate Texas takeover
• Accelerates decline in Texas home ownership
• HOAs not affected. But many don't limit unrelated occupancy to start with.
• Those that do can't afford lawsuits
• HOAs DO care about everyone else
• College towns take care of students (i.e., C.S. has 191 apt complexes, 20 student high rises, and 2000 homes zoned for higher density)