Housing

Thursday evening, the Texas House passed the property tax relief bill that was passed by the Senate Wednesday.

The Dallas City Plan Commission recently turned down a Habitat for Humanity proposal to build 30 homes in the Joppa community. However, the city plan commission decision is not the final word.

The shooting at the short-term rental that left a 19-year-old dead and others injured happened in a neighborhood zoned for single families. It's the kind of neighborhood where the Dallas City Council voted to ban revolving weekend rentals, but the ordinance won't be enforced until December.

Wednesday is day two of the second special session in Austin, and they're basically starting where they left off with an impasse.

Additional property tax relief is on the way for Fort Worth homeowners 65 and older and those who are disabled.

After banning any new short-term rentals, Plano leaders were set to vote on a plan regulating existing ones. But they decided to hold off.

The city of Colleyville denied a developer's request to build a housing development on 14 acres of Cross Timbers Forest. The decision came after the mayor and city council received hundreds of letters in opposition to the plan.

The Texas Senate advanced a new bill Tuesday to cut property taxes for all land-owning Texans — but because House members adjourned weeks ago, the future of the proposal is unclear.

Patrick is traveling the state to make his case, stopping Thursday in Dallas. He says they refuse to compromise on how best to provide tax relief to homeowners.

James Enochs, a disabled veteran, spent years serving as a combat photographer in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Last week volunteers worked to make James and his wife Linda's home safer.

The council voted on the issue a little before midnight, after more than four hours of testimony from dozens of people on both sides of the emotional issue.

Dallas City Council members are expected to vote Wednesday on whether or not the rentals should be considered lodging. If so, the rentals would be limited to areas in the city where hotels are allowed.

After four years of debate about where short-term rentals like Airbnbs and Vrbos should be allowed in Dallas, city council members are set to cast the deciding vote Wednesday. But just days before the key vote, city staff issued a new recommendation that goes against the city's zoning experts.

Just days after gunfire erupted in a Dallas neighborhood from a loud party at a vacation rental, the Dallas City Council makes a move to regulate short-term rentals. Council members plan to officially vote next week on regulation recommendations.

House lawmakers are touting this bill as one that would save the owner of a $350,000 home $1,300 next year and $1,500 the year after that.

Property tax watchdogs are closely monitoring a change in board members at the Tarrant Appraisal District, the agency that determines property values. The former chair resigned ahead of a recall vote. The largest tax entity cast its votes for her replacement.

The Texas Senate passed a bill on Thursday that opponents say would eliminate single-family zoning in neighborhoods across the state. Supporters of the bill say it will give property owners the right to have what's known as a "mother-in-law" suite on their property, but they could also rent that unit out in a single-family neighborhood.

The attorney for Kiersten Smith's mother argued that Greystar was negligent for allowing the crane's inspection to lapse, having rusty bolts on the crane and installing a sign on top of the crane in violation of OSHA standards. The jury agreed.