Showing ordinances that apply to Shady Hollow, TX
Shady Hollow is an unincorporated community (population 4,822) in Travis County, Texas. Because Shady Hollow is not an incorporated city, it does not have its own municipal code. Instead, Travis County ordinances apply directly to properties here. The rent control rules below are the ones that govern your area.
Texas Local Government Code §214.902 preempts all local rent control in Texas — counties and cities cannot cap residential rents except during a declared disaster with governor approval. Travis County has no rent stabilization, rent board, or rent-related ordinance. Market rates prevail across Austin metro despite severe affordability pressures.
TX LGC 214.902 allows rent regulation only when the governor certifies a housing emergency exists. No such certification has been issued. Austin City Council has repeatedly explored workarounds including tenant protections, just-cause eviction, and source-of-income discrimination rules — but rent caps remain impossible under state law. HUD Section 8 vouchers are processed by Housing Authority of Travis County.
Any local rent cap ordinance would be void and unenforceable. Federal Fair Housing Act violations separate from rent control.
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