Dallas STR Rules Amount to a Ban, Lawyer Argues

11/20/2024

Ordinances limiting short-term rentals (STRs) in Dallas amount to a complete ban, a lawyer for local STR owners argued in a court hearing Wednesday. The argument came up in the Dallas Fifth Court of Appeals, where STR owners were challenging the legality of the two regulations passed in June 2023. The rules say STRs can’t be rented out in single-home residential neighborhoods. But more than 90% of STR’s are in single-home residential areas, according to the Dallas Short-Term Rental Alliance, the plaintiffs in the suit. That means the limitations would lead rental owners to bankruptcy, lawyers argued.

KERA News (11/13/24) Penelope Rivera