The Texas Senate passed a bill on Thursday that opponents say would eliminate single-family zoning in neighborhoods across the state. Supporters of the bill say it will give property owners the right to have what's known as a 'mother-in-law' suite on their property, but they could also rent that unit out in a single-family neighborhood.
The Texas Senate passed a bill on Thursday that opponents say would eliminate single-family zoning in neighborhoods across the state.The Texas Senate passed a bill on Thursday that opponents say would eliminate single-family zoning in neighborhoods across the state.
"The broad breadth of this bill makes it a neighborhood destruction bill," claimed Matt Mahoney with the Fredericksburg Neighborhood Coalition. "Investors come in and buy up properties. They will buy up the larger properties where they can rent out the main property and two ADUs. Schwarte says the ADU concept works in some neighborhoods but also points to the issue of local control and believes it should be a decision for city council members and not lawmakers in Austin.
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