Corpus Christi has no dedicated tenant anti-harassment ordinance. Tenants rely on Texas Property Code prohibitions on lockouts, utility shutoffs, retaliatory acts, and on common-law remedies for intentional infliction of emotional distress, fraud, or nuisance.
Cities like Oakland, Berkeley, and Seattle have municipal tenant anti-harassment ordinances that itemize prohibited landlord conduct, including buyout pressure, threats, intrusive entries, and pretext repairs. Corpus Christi has no equivalent. Texas Property Code provides the operative protections: §92.0081 bans self-help lockouts, §92.008 prohibits unlawful utility shutoffs, and §92.331 prohibits retaliation within six months of a good-faith habitability complaint or tenant-organizing activity. State preemption under §92.0091 and broader doctrine limits the city from adding to this list, although neighborhood code enforcement can still respond to overlapping nuisance issues triggered by alleged landlord conduct.
Lockouts incur one month rent plus $1,000 plus actual damages and attorney fees. Retaliation incurs one month rent plus $500 plus actual damages and attorney fees under TX Property Code §§92.0081 and 92.333.
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