The 2025 Texas Legislative Regular Session has wrapped up, introducing new laws that will directly affect real estate investors and developers starting September 1, 2025. Winstead continued its long-standing commitment to...more
House Bill 14 (by Harris (R), House District 8, Palestine, Anderson County, Texas) -
Effective September 1, 2023 -
THIRD-PARTY REVIEW OF PLATS, PLANS, PERMITS AND INSPECTIONS -
HB 14 adds a new Chapter 247 to the...more
7/10/2023
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Urban Planning & Development
In Texas, property owners associations (“Associations”) are typically non-profit corporations created under Chapter 22 of the Texas Business Organizations Code. As a result, many Associations want to know if they qualify for...more
In a widely publicized move, Governor Abbot adopted Executive Order GA 34 on March 2, 2021, which takes effect on March 10, 2021, lifting the state-wide occupancy limits and mask mandate related to the COVID-19 pandemic. How...more
“Build-to-Rent” (B2R) product, meaning the construction of homes in a defined community intended to be leased, as opposed to sold, has become a more frequent sub-product within master planned communities. B2R product is...more