Sec. 92.152.  APPLICATION OF SUBCHAPTER.  (a)  This subchapter does not apply to:
(1)  a room in a hotel, motel, or inn or to similar transient housing;
(2)  residential housing owned or operated by a public or private college or university accredited by a recognized accrediting agency as defined under Section 61.003, Education Code;
(3)  residential housing operated by preparatory schools accredited by the Texas Education Agency, a regional accrediting agency, or any accrediting agency recognized by the commissioner of education;  or
(4)  a temporary residential tenancy created by a contract for sale in which the buyer occupies the property before closing or the seller occupies the property after closing for a specific term not to exceed 90 days.
(b)  Except as provided by Subsection (a), a dwelling to which this subchapter applies includes:
(1)  a room in a dormitory or rooming house;
(2)  a mobile home;
(3)  a single family house, duplex, or triplex;  and
(4)  a living unit in an apartment, condominium, cooperative, or townhome project.
Amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 357, Sec. 3, eff. Sept. 1, 1993;  Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 126, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 28, 1995;  Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 869, Sec. 2, eff. Jan. 1, 1996.