TX Neighborhood Coalition

2025 TX Legislature

Here’s what we achieved during the 2025 Legislative session. Congratulations to all for protecting our homes against the flurry of anti-neighborhood bills from legislators. (2025)

TX Monthly had to abandon their 50-year traditions of selecting the ten best and worst legislators as the 2025 session “felt more broken than ever.” (2025)

Media reports on TX legislative bills that would make single-family neighborhoods extinct. 'Frat House' bill would block Texas cities from limiting unrelated residents | FOX 4 Dallas-Fort Worth; Texas Senate bill would allow secondary homes on every lot (2025)

Is local rule in Texas on life support? The state wants to take over your neighborhood; here’s why (and how). Dallas Morning News. (2025)

Deregulation bill in Texas House could upend short-term rental market. A new bill in the Texas Legislature could make it difficult for tourism-dependent cities like Galveston to collect revenue from short-term rentals listed through online platforms such as Airbnb and VRBO/Expedia. (2025)

‘Striking close to home’: Zoning bills tackling Texas affordable housing crisis evoke emotion David Schwarte, a representative of the Texas Neighborhood Coalition, told the Senate Local Government Committee accessory dwelling units would “kill single family zoning” (2025)

‘Striking close to home’: Zoning bills tackling Texas affordable housing crisis evoke emotion “If 1567 ever passed into law, it would literally strip the word ‘family’ from single-family neighborhoods,” said Dave Schwarte, TX Neighborhood Coalition. (2025)

TNC Letter to TX Legislators: Protect our Neighborhoods. Petition delivered to all TX legislators that includes over 1500 names from 40+ cities, with more coming in each day. (2025)

Bills that would wreck single family neighborhoods. It is still a mystery why legislators are pushing bills that would kill single-family zoning statewide, or at a minimum, have hugely negative impacts on residents. Some say it’s to promote housing affordability, but the data from many independent studies shows otherwise. (2025)

Killing Single-Family Zoning Does Nothing to Make Housing More Affordable. TNC Advisory Statement. (2025)

Breaking News: Airbnb Concedes Statewide STR Rules Are Ill Advised (2024)