Rent control rules in Guadalupe County, TX — also known as rent stabilization or rent cap ordinances — limit annual rent increases and protect tenants from displacement.
No rent control exists in Guadalupe County or in Seguin, Schertz, and Cibolo. Texas Local Government Code 214.902 lets a city cap rent only after a disaster-driven housing emergency the governor personally approves, which has never happened here.
Texas keeps rent control on one narrow leash. Under Section 214.902 a municipality may adopt it only after finding a housing emergency caused by a disaster and getting the governor's approval, and a county holds no rent-control power at all. Neither Guadalupe County nor Seguin, Schertz, or Cibolo has ever declared such an emergency, so no rent cap, increase limit, or stabilization rule applies. A landlord may set the initial rent at market and raise it by any amount at renewal, with notice governed by the written lease. State rules on security deposits, habitability, and eviction still protect tenants, but the rent amount itself is uncapped.
No penalty exists because no rent cap applies anywhere in the county. A local rent-control ordinance adopted without a disaster declaration and the governor's approval is void under Section 214.902 and unenforceable against landlords.
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