Texas Property Code Chapter 24 allows landlords to terminate month-to-month tenancies or refuse to renew fixed-term leases without cause, requiring only proper written notice; Houston imposes no just-cause requirement.
Texas is a no-fault eviction state. Under Section 91.001, a landlord may end a month-to-month tenancy with one month's written notice. Fixed-term leases simply expire; no renewal is required. After lease expiration or notice period, the landlord must give a three-day notice to vacate (Section 24.005) unless the lease specifies a different period, then file forcible-detainer in justice court. Houston has no local just-cause ordinance overriding this. Federally subsidized housing (LIHTC, Section 8 project-based, public housing) does require good cause under federal program rules, but private market units do not.
Landlord skipping written notice or filing eviction before the notice period expires loses the case in justice court. Tenants may also raise retaliation defenses under Section 92.331 if eviction follows a complaint about repairs.
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