Court Rules Fort Worth Can Keep Banning STRs in Residential Areas

3/19/2025

A district court has ruled in favor of Fort Worth in a 2023 lawsuit challenging the city’s short-term rental regulations. The decision means Fort Worth may continue enforcing the regulations City Council members voted unanimously to adopt in February 2023, which made it illegal to operate STRs in residential areas and tightened regulations for such rentals operating in commercial and mixed-use areas. In June 2023, 114 STR operators and members of the Fort Worth Short Term Rental Alliance challenged the regulations in a lawsuit, alleging that city officials violated their constitutional right to lease their properties.

Fort Worth Report (TX) (03/11/25) Cecilia Lenzen