Short Term Rentals
A fraction of Dallas’ 3,500 active short-term rentals are functioning as party houses in local neighborhoods, but Code Compliance staff reported again last week that their hands are tied in enforcing the law due to pending litigation. A majority of the Dallas City Council agreed in June 2023 that STRs should not be allowed in…
Short-term rentals are operating legally within Dallas neighborhoods while the matter is under legal injunction but the action approved by the City Council in June 2023 is punishing good operators and “isn’t working,” Councilman Chad West said during a Monday meeting of the Quality of Life, Arts, and Culture Committee. Last year the CIty Council…
Once again the future of Dallas short-term rentals is clear as mud. Here’s a brief history of the timeline to date. The Dallas City Council in June 2023 banned short-term rentals in single-family neighborhoods, providing a six-month deadline for operators to ensure they were in compliance or shut down. The Dallas Short Term Rental Alliance…
Members of the Dallas Short-Term Rental Alliance and the City of Dallas have been embroiled in a legal battle that was supposed to come to a head Monday in a non-jury trial, but officials involved in the matter say it has been delayed. Lisa Sievers, a spokeswoman for the Dallas STRA, told CandysDirt.com that operators…
A Dallas real estate developer is petitioning the City Plan Commission to allow two multifamily buildings he owns near Bishop Arts to continue operating as short-term rentals despite a pending legal matter that could ban such activity in residential neighborhoods. There’s another challenge, too. The builder and property owner, Christian Chernock, is the city plan…
