Federal and state law layer a number of tenant protections on top of the basic landlord-tenant relationship, and missing one can turn a routine eviction or lease decision into a fair housing or statutory claim. This section covers FHA reasonable accommodation requests, the Texas Fair Housing Act and its protected classes, pets and service animals, VAWA protections for domestic violence survivors, SCRA protections for military tenants, CARES Act and HUD/Section 8 compliance, the Protecting Tenants at Foreclosure Act, and how the Texas DTPA applies in landlord-tenant disputes. Each page explains what the law requires and where landlords most often run into trouble.
