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)

Letter from Mayors of Southlake, Keller and Keller protesting Senate Bill 15 that “would decimate the land use and zoning authority at the local level.” (2025)

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