Rent control rules in San Antonio, TX — also known as rent stabilization or rent cap ordinances — limit annual rent increases and protect tenants from displacement.
San Antonio has NO local rent control ordinance. Tex. Local Gov't Code § 214.902 preempts any Texas municipality from adopting rent control unless the governor approves it after a declared housing-emergency disaster. The City of San Antonio Code of Ordinances has no rent stabilization chapter.
Tex. Local Gov't Code § 214.902 bars a Texas city from enacting rent control unless (1) the governing body finds a housing emergency exists due to a disaster as defined by Tex. Gov't Code § 418.004 and (2) the governor approves the ordinance. San Antonio has made no such finding. Month-to-month landlords may raise rent on one month's notice under Tex. Prop. Code § 91.001; fixed-term rent is locked until renewal. Tex. Prop. Code Ch. 92 still applies: security deposits returned within 30 days (§ 92.103), repair-and-deduct (§§ 92.056–92.0563), and retaliation bar (§ 92.331) covering rent increases tied to a protected tenant act.
There is no city rent cap to enforce. A retaliatory rent increase — one issued within six months of a protected tenant act — exposes the landlord to a civil penalty of one month's rent plus $500 plus actual damages, court costs, and attorney fees under Tex. Prop. Code § 92.333.
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