Ft. Worth
BREAKING NEWS. On February 14, 2023, Fort Worth City Council approved a new ordinance for short-term rentals. The ordinance mostly maintains the rules previously established by the city. Council members voted unanimously to continue to allow short-term rentals only in mixed-use and commercial areas. See the City’s website announcement.
On Tuesday, Dec 6, 2022, City Council upheld the current Zoning Ordinance regulation restricting short-term rentals (STRs) in residential zoning districts and requiring a zoning change for STR use.
What does this mean? People who operate short-term rentals — like Airbnbs or Vrbos — in residential zones will need to obtain a registration ordinance, which will require an annual fee, payment of hotel occupancy taxes, property owner consent, and 24/7 local contact.
Why now? The city contracted Deckard Technologies Inc. to identify STRs operating within city limits to protect residential neighborhoods from certain commercial encroachment, in addition to other community benefits. An August 2022 report revealed 68 legal STRs and 565 potentially illegal STR properties.
What’s next? A draft of the registration ordinance will be presented to City Council in late January 2023. The Code Compliance department will enforce zoning violations — regardless of nuisance violations — on a complaint basis and will communicate with owners. (FTW Today)
Ft. Worth city ordinances forbid the operation of STRs in residential areas. Unfortunately there are still 1500+ STRs operating in Ft. Worth. Inside Airbnb data for Fort Worth
Fort Worth’s rules on Airbnbs in neighborhoods blazed a trail. Don’t mess with them. Op-Ed. Ft Worth Star Telegram 2022. For additional commentary click here.
Short Term Rental Update for Fort Worth - a presentation. 2022
Comments to City Council - June 2022.
Listen to a podcast from Jessica on STR issues pertinent to Ft. Worth - Fort Worth's Monday Morning Show, July 2022.
Presentation: Fort Worth Should Strengthen Not Weaken Protections for Residential Neighborhoods - Aug 2022
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Fatal assault suspect stayed at Airbnb not allowed in that part of Fort Worth, city says (2024)
Naked suspect from an Airbnb beat man to death with firewood victim delivered to Fort Worth home. (2023)
Written Comments of David A Schwarte for Fort WorthCouncil September 2023. (2023)
Fort Worth City Council to vote on new rules for short-term rentals. Here’s what would change under ordinance | Fort Worth Report (2023)
Fort Worth to vote on registration rules for Airbnb owners. The city of Fort Worth could be getting a new tool to help limit the spread of short-term rentals in residential neighborhoods.(2023)
Fort Worth City Council will keep its ban on short-term rentals in residential areas in place. Ft Worth Report (2022)
Are Airbnbs More Cost-Effective Than Hotels? These days, staying at an Airbnb rarely involves big savings or friendships with the hosts. (2022)
Fort Worth has a smart plan for short-term rentals — as long as the fees are reasonable. AirBnB-type short-term rentals can legally operate in parts of Fort Worth zoned for multi-family homes and commercial and industrial areas. But owners are not permitted to rent out a home for fewer than 30 days in single-family neighborhoods. (2022)
Firm identifies 565 potentially illegal short-term rental properties in Fort Worth. According to the report released on August 2 by Deckard Technologies Inc., 814 properties across Fort Worth were identified as short-term rentals. Just 68 of those properties were operating legally; 565 were potentially in violation of the law. (2022)
In Park Glen, residents will vote to take short-term rental restrictions into their own hands. residents of Park Glen will vote on a proposed amendment to the association’s original 1993 declaration. If approved, the amendment would ban rentals shorter than six months and require that renters be a part of a single family who lease the entire property. (2022)
Residents trade barbs over proposed Airbnb, Vrbo rules. (2022)
Fort Worth residents to weigh potential short term rental regulations in early July. (2022)
Short-term rentals, long-term headaches. Fort Worth got it right on regulating Airbnb. (2022)
Fort Worth residents push for crackdown on short-term rentals. Residents speaking at city hall Tuesday voiced their concerns that any regulation allowing short term rentals in residential neighborhoods would lead to a breakdown of neighborhood cohesion and would stretch an already overburdened workforce in the city’s code compliance, police and fire departments. “When neighborhoods die, cities begin to die,” (2022)
East Fort Worth neighborhood coalition rallies against short-term rentals (2022)
Fort Worth officials contemplate rules on short-term rentals. The city already prohibits STRs in neighborhoods. But even with that restriction, the city had anywhere from about 800 to more than 1,200 listings a month last year, according to data and analytics company AirDNA. “Essentially everywhere but residential [zoning districts], we allow short-term rentals,” said Fort Worth planning and development director during a September presentation to City Council. (2020)
Fear of ‘party houses’ fuels questions about short-term rentals. Increasingly short-term renters in Fort Worth’s neighborhoods are bringing headaches for longtime residents despite city zoning laws that ban Airbnbs and similar operations. (2019)