Texas Administrative Code
Title 10 - COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
Part 1 - TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS
Chapter 1 - ADMINISTRATION
Subchapter B - ACCESSIBILITY AND REASONABLE ACCOMMODATIONS
Section 1.205 - Compliance with the Fair Housing Act

(a) Generally, housing designed and constructed for first occupancy after March 13, 1991, must comply with the Fair Housing Act. This includes Units, common areas, and amenities added to existing buildings, or on land under common ownership and contiguous with housing otherwise exempt from the Fair Housing Act.

(b) Compliance with the Fair Housing Act makes it unlawful to discriminate based on a person's disability, race, color, religion, sex, familial status, or national origin unless there is an exception in federal law.

(c) The Department requires compliance with HUD's Fair Housing Act Design Manual, including the ability to claim exemptions or exceptions provided for therein.