(a) Pursuant to the authority stated in Texas Local Government Code § 214.903, these ordinances related to fair housing are hereby adopted.
(b) It is hereby declared to be the policy of the city to bring about, through fair, orderly and lawful procedures, the opportunity for each person to obtain housing without regard to his or her race, color, religion, national origin, sex, disability, familial status, sexual orientation, transgender, gender identity or gender expression.
(c) It is further declared that this policy is grounded upon a recognition of the right of every person to have access to adequate housing of his or her own choice without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, disability, familial status, sexual orientation, transgender, gender identity or gender expression; and further, that the denial of such rights through considerations based upon race, color, religion, national origin, sex, disability, familial status, sexual orientation, transgender, gender identity or gender expression is detrimental to the health, safety and welfare of the inhabitants of the city and constitutes an unjust denial or deprivation of such inalienable right which is within the power and the proper responsibility of government to prevent.
(Ord. 11075, § 1, passed 4-21-1992; Ord. 13981, § 1, passed 10-26-1999; Ord. 14344, § 1, passed 9-26-2000; Ord. 18909-11-2009, § 1, passed 11-10-2009; Ord. 19374-09-2010, § 1 (Exh. A), passed 9-28-2010, eff. 10-1-2010; Ord. 24023-01-2020, § 1 (Exh. A), passed 2-2-2020)