COLLEGE STATION, Texas (KRHD) — SB 1567 keeps in place city ordinances to limit the number of people based on health and safety standards, but it forbids them from regulating occupancy limits through immutable characteristics.

Student housing affordability is a top priority for Texas A&M students, and a successful bill in the Texas Legislature targets that priority.

The Texas Legislature passed Senate Bill 1567, loosening ordinances in College Station and other similar cities on occupancy limits for housing. The bill is one that many believe will help our neighbors studying higher education.

The bill now goes to Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s desk for his signature, and as long as it is not vetoed by June 22, it would go into law on Sept. 1.

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