Texas Mobile Home Park Rent Control: 2026 Guide

Is mobile home lot rent controlled in Texas?

No. Texas does not have rent control, and there is no statutory cap or percentage limit on what you can charge or increase for a mobile-home lot. Lot rent in Texas is set by your lease and the market.

What Texas does regulate is the process around your lease — not the price. Manufactured-home lot tenancies fall under Property Code Chapter 94, which requires certain lease terms, disclosures, and notice timing when you change rent at renewal. None of it caps the dollar amount.

Bottom line for operators: you control your rents, but you have to follow Chapter 94's lease and notice rules to make an increase stick.

Texas has no rent control

There is no statewide Texas law limiting rent or rent increases. As the Texas State Law Library puts it, 'There is not a statewide law that places limits on how much a landlord can increase the rent when a lease is renewed.'

That means no rent-increase percentage ceiling, no annual limit, and no state approval needed to raise lot rent. The only hard rule is that you cannot raise rent to retaliate against a tenant for exercising a legal right — that is a retaliation protection, not rent control.

Why cities can't impose rent control either (§ 214.902)

Texas doesn't just decline to set rent control — it blocks its cities from setting it. Under Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 214.902(a), a municipality may establish rent control by ordinance only if '(1) the governing body finds that a housing emergency exists due to a disaster as defined by Section 418.004, Government Code; and (2) the governor approves the ordinance.'

In other words, a city needs a declared disaster-driven housing emergency AND the governor's sign-off. Section 214.902(b) then ties the ordinance to the governor's disaster declaration, so it ends when the disaster does.

Practically, this makes local lot-rent caps effectively unavailable in Texas. A city cannot cap your rents on its own initiative.

What Chapter 94 does — and does not — require on rent

Property Code Chapter 94 governs manufactured-home lot tenancies but does not cap rent. It sets process requirements. Section 94.052(a) requires you to offer an initial lease term of at least six months. Section 94.053 requires the lease to disclose the rent amount, payment schedule, and fees.

Two rent-timing rules matter most. First, under § 94.053(d), any lease provision that raises rent or fees during the lease term is void unless the tenant initials it — so mid-term increases must be agreed to, not imposed. Second, under § 94.055, at renewal you must give the tenant either a notice to vacate or an offer of lease renewal 'not later than the 60th day before the date the current lease term expires,' and that offer must state the proposed rent amount and any changed terms.

There is no percentage cap and no separate 'rent-increase notice' clock beyond this renewal mechanism. If the tenant doesn't reject your renewal terms by the 30th day before expiration, the lease renews on the new terms.

Rent-increase rules at a glance in Texas

• No rent cap
  Texas has no statewide rent control and no percentage limit on lot-rent increases; rent is set by lease and market.
• No local rent control
  Under Loc. Gov't Code § 214.902, a city can adopt rent control only after a disaster housing-emergency finding AND the governor's approval — effectively unavailable.
• 6-month initial term
  Prop. Code § 94.052(a) requires you to offer an initial lease term of at least six months; renewals can be any length the parties agree to.
• Mid-term increases need initials
  Prop. Code § 94.053(d): a provision raising rent or fees during the lease term is void unless the tenant initials it.
• 60-day renewal notice
  Prop. Code § 94.055: give a notice to vacate or a renewal offer no later than the 60th day before the term expires, stating the proposed rent and any changed terms.
• Tenant response by day 30
  The tenant must reject the renewal terms by the 30th day before expiration, or the lease renews on the modified terms.

Operator best practices in Texas

• Put rent and fees in the written lease
  Chapter 94 requires the lease to disclose the rent amount, payment interval, and any fees — spell them out to keep charges enforceable.
• Never impose a mid-term increase
  If you want an increase to take effect during a term, get the tenant's initials on that provision (§ 94.053(d)); otherwise it is void.
• Calendar the 60-day renewal notice
  Send the renewal offer or notice to vacate at least 60 days before expiration and state the new rent in writing (§ 94.055) so an increase is valid.
• Document delivery of every notice
  Keep dated proof of your 60-day notice and the tenant's response window (30 days before expiration) in case renewal terms are disputed.
• Raise rent at renewal, not mid-lease
  Since there is no cap, use the renewal cycle to reset lot rent to market — cleanly and on notice — rather than fighting mid-term change rules.
• Build a relationship with a Texas MHP attorney
  Chapter 94 has manufactured-home-specific lease, notice, and community-closure rules; a Texas MHP attorney keeps your rent-increase and nonrenewal process defensible.