Austin’s short term rental ordinance is being litigated. Texas Attorney General Paxton rational for getting involved in the lawsuit:
- Austin’s ordinance is ” “a gift to the hotel industry or Austin residents who seek reduced home prices.”
- He holds up Texans whose relatives housed troops during times of war to support a statewide histroy of short term rentals
- “By taking away its citizens’ property right to lease their homes as they see fit, the city has violated their constitutional rights,
SE Texas Record | Paxton files brief with appeals court over Austin’s short-term rental policy