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House Bill 1153 |
House Author: Vo |
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Effective: 9-1-21 |
Senate Sponsor: Birdwell |
House Bill 1153 amends the Texas Fair Housing Act, Property Code, to revise the exemption from certain anti‑discrimination provisions of the act for certain sales or rentals of a single‑family house by the individual owner of the house. Accordingly, the bill does the following:
· requires the sale or rental to be accomplished without the facilities or services of any person in the business of selling or renting a dwelling;
· clarifies that the conditions of the exemption do not prohibit the use of attorneys, escrow agents, abstractors, title companies, and other professional assistants necessary to transfer title; and
· limits the scope of a provision restricting the use of the exemption to one transaction in a 24‑month period, unless the owner was the most recent resident of the house, to apply only to sales and removes the applicability of that restriction to rentals.