Houston
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land
Largest US city with NO ZONING; STR historically wide-open. Ord. 2025-322 (adopted Apr 16, 2025; effective Jan 1, 2026; enforcement Jan 1, 2027) imposes $275 city-wide registration. Real gating mechanism is now DEED RESTRICTIONS, not zoning. Best plays: commercial-zoned Downtown/Midtown/Galleria condos + Med Center MTR for traveling nurses.
Light-touch registration (no cap, no owner-occupancy, no inspection) but $1M insurance + deed-restriction declaration + Jan 2027 platform takedown enforcement add real compliance overhead. Pearland flipped RED in Feb 2026 banning residential-zone STR.
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Permitted zones, banned zones, HOA-permissive buildings, friendly PMs, ADR/LTR benchmarks, seasonality, and red flags — all delivered alongside your 50 ranked leads.