Fort Worth has no comprehensive tenant anti-harassment ordinance. Tenants rely on Texas Property Code Section 92.331 retaliation rules and Section 92.0081 lockout protections, plus federal Fair Housing Act and Fort Worth's Human Relations ordinance for harassment based on protected characteristics.
Texas Property Code Section 92.331 prohibits landlords from retaliating against tenants who exercise lawful rights such as reporting code violations, requesting repairs, or joining tenant organizations. Remedies include a civil penalty of one month's rent plus $500, actual damages, and attorney fees. Texas Property Code Section 92.0081 forbids landlord-initiated lockouts and utility shutoffs except in narrow circumstances. Fort Worth's Human Relations ordinance covers harassment in housing tied to protected classes, but the city has not adopted a stand-alone tenant anti-harassment ordinance like Los Angeles' THO that enumerates prohibited landlord conduct such as repeat unwanted entry, threats, or intimidation beyond Chapter 92 baseline protections.
Shutting off utilities, changing locks without proper procedure under Section 92.0081, repeat illegal entry, threats, or retaliatory actions for code complaints exposes landlords to one month's rent plus $1,000, actual damages, attorney fees, and writs of restoration.
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