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Rafe wrote: ↑Sun Apr 09, 2023 10:57 am I thought this was simple question when I was asked, but now I'm not so sure.

Can apartments in Texas treat gun owners as a class of people that they can refuse to rent to? Can they evict if there is a "no guns" policy in the lease?

I remember discussions here about hotels, and that while a no-guns policy could apply to the common areas, that it couldn't apply to your room or travel directly to/from the room. I thought it would be the same for leased domiciles. Am I wrong?

I have a friend from Oklahoma who's looking to relocate near the Houston energy corridor for work. He was down last week looking at apartments. He knows I shoot and have an LTC, and he called me yesterday about a blank lease he'd picked up from a promising apartment complex in Katy. There is a very clearly worded no guns whatsoever policy clause in the lease. He asked me if that was legal in Texas. I started to answer, and then told him I honestly didn't know.

I found this sample lease agreement from the Texas Apartment Association, and it has a clause that I would consider reasonable:

11.1. Prohibited Conduct. You, your occupants, and your
guests will not engage in unlawful, discourteous or
unreasonable behavior including, but not limited to, any of
the following activities:
(a) criminal conduct; manufacturing, delivering, or
possessing a controlled substance or drug parapher-
nalia; engaging in or threatening violence; possessing
a weapon prohibited by state law; discharging a firearm
in the apartment community; or, except when
allowed by law, displaying or possessing a gun, knife,
or other weapon in the common area, or in a way that
may alarm others;

Any of your sharp legal minds familiar with this apartment business? Can they keep you out because you legally own a firearm?