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Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 211.053

DWELLING UNIT OCCUPANCY REQUIREMENTS

Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 841 (S.B. 1567), Sec. 1, eff

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), a municipality may not adopt or enforce a zoning ordinance, rule, or other regulation that limits the number of people who may occupy a dwelling unit based on:

(1) age;

(2) familial status;

(3) occupation;

(4) relationship status; or

(5) whether the occupants are related to each other by a certain degree of affinity or consanguinity.

(b) A municipality may impose a limit on the number of occupants of a dwelling unit that is not more restrictive than:

(1) one occupant per sleeping room with a minimum floor area of 70 square feet; and

(2) one additional occupant for each additional 50 square feet of floor area in the same sleeping room.

Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.