Travis County has no dedicated tenant anti-harassment ordinance. Tenants rely on Texas Property Code retaliation protections, federal Fair Housing Act anti-harassment rules, and common-law tort remedies for landlord misconduct.
Texas Property Code 92.331 prohibits landlord retaliation against tenants who exercise statutory rights such as repair requests, with civil damages of one month's rent plus 500 dollars and attorney fees. The federal Fair Housing Act, enforced by HUD, prohibits harassment based on race, color, religion, sex, familial status, national origin, or disability. Travis County has not enacted a broader county anti-harassment ordinance covering source-of-income or sexual-orientation harassment, though City of Austin code does cover Austin-limits properties. Severe non-statutory landlord misconduct may support common-law claims for intentional infliction of emotional distress.
Texas retaliation: 1 month rent plus 500 dollars plus fees under Property Code 92.333; federal FHA harassment: HUD complaint and damages.
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