STROAGalveston

10/06/2026

⚠️ 𝐈𝐌𝐏𝐎𝐑𝐓𝐀𝐍𝐓 𝐒𝐓𝐑 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐏𝐄𝐑𝐓𝐘 𝐑𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓𝐒 𝐂𝐀𝐒𝐄 𝐇𝐄𝐀𝐃𝐄𝐃 𝐓𝐎𝐖𝐀𝐑𝐃 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐔.𝐒. 𝐒𝐔𝐏𝐑𝐄𝐌𝐄 𝐂𝐎𝐔𝐑𝐓

𝐀 𝐓𝐞𝐱𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐭-𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐦 𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐞, 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐟𝐢𝐥 𝐯. 𝐂𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐁𝐫𝐚𝐮𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐥𝐬, 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐣𝐨𝐫 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐒𝐓𝐑 𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬 𝐓𝐞𝐱𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐰𝐢𝐝𝐞.

𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐁𝐫𝐚𝐮𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐥𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐡𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝟑𝟎 𝐝𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐳𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐬, 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝟑𝟎 𝐝𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐨𝐫 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫.

𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞, 𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐮𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐲 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐟𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚 𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝𝐧'𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐲 𝐝𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐭-𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐦 𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭.

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐢𝐟𝐭𝐡 𝐂𝐢𝐫𝐜𝐮𝐢𝐭 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐫𝐮𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐟𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐁𝐫𝐚𝐮𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐥𝐬.

𝐓𝐰𝐨 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐮𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐲 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐒𝐓𝐑 𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬:

• 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐲, 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐢𝐭 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐭-𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐦.

• 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐫𝐮𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐝𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐬 𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐦𝐬. 𝐀 𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐦𝐚𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚 𝐬𝐮𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭 "𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐬" 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐠𝐨𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐚𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 "𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐫" 𝐨𝐟 𝐧𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐝𝐬.

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬, 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐞𝐱𝐚𝐬 𝐏𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐲 𝐅𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 (𝐓𝐏𝐏𝐅), 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐬𝐤 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐔.𝐒. 𝐒𝐮𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐞.

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐮𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐩𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐝𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐚 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧:

𝐂𝐚𝐧 𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐠𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐲 𝐬𝐨 𝐞𝐱𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐭-𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐦 𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐞𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐲 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭?

𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐟𝐢𝐥 𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐩𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐁𝐫𝐚𝐮𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐥𝐬' 𝐒𝐓𝐑 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞, 𝐬𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐞𝐱𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐱𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐥𝐲 𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐓𝐑.

𝐒𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐟𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐒𝐓𝐑 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐓𝐞𝐱𝐚𝐬.

𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐎𝐀𝐆 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐩𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐣𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐜𝐮𝐬 ("𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐭") 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐟 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬.

𝐈'𝐦 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐩 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐈 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞 𝐒𝐓𝐑 𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭'𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠. 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩 𝐝𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐠𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐭-𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐦 𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐬.

𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐰𝐞'𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐲.

𝐏𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐆𝐚𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐧 𝐒𝐓𝐑 𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐣𝐨𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐩..

10/06/2026

10/05/2026

Meeting update: Meeting date now 10/12. Open to all STROAG members. Not a member, join at STROAG.ORG

09/14/2026

Reminder: STROAG Member Meeting Tonight

We’re looking forward to seeing our STROAG members tonight at Coastal Grill on the Strand.

Social hour begins at 6:00 PM, followed by our member meeting from 6:30 to 8:00 PM. We’ll have our guest speaker, featured in the flyer below, along with a brief City of Galveston update from David.

Please note: This is a STROAG member meeting.

Not a member yet? We’d love to have you join us and be part of the local STR community. Learn more and become a member at STROAG.org.

See our members tonight!

09/04/2026

Quick update on the TWIA committee meeting - committee voted 2-1 to decline the recommendation to remove secondary homes from eligibility so it will not be moving forward into the report to the larger TWIA board or to their report to the legislature.
Rep. Terri Leo Wilson and Rep. Todd Hunter opened up the public comment period on this with strong statements in opposition - Chairman Hunter’s comments particularly admonished TWIA for the lack of
Transparency or communication to consider such a proposal and not
Consider the ramifications across real estate and financial stakeholders.
In total - TWIA received over 290 comments against this proposal (and only 4 that were supportive). There was strong opposition from the city and county government leaders across the coast.

08/29/2026

UPDATE: Great Job Community! We killed it. The vote was 2 to 1. Thank you to all who sent in testimony or testified. Thank you to our district's wonderful TWIA Board Member Terrilyn Tarlton Shannon for making the motion to kill this rule change rather than to table for a later date.

TWIA ALERT!

On Tuesday Sept 1st the members of the TWIA Board will consider a rule change proposal ( Agenda Item #5 ) that will eliminate TWIA coverage for second homes as well as garage apts and renter occupied homes (including short and long term rentals). This rule change is being proposed by one board member, who does not live on the coast.

I will be giving testimony regarding this ill thought out regressive proposed rule. This rule has the potential to devastate our coastal communities and take us back to the very reason TWIA was created in the first place. Most of TWIA’s policy holders could not get any insurance but for TWIA.

Owners would take on the full risk of losing their home in a storm and it would make it impossible to buy or sell coastal property with no ability to get a mortgage.

A slow death of this proposal will not be quick enough. The consideration of not being able to insure coastal properties will immediately impact our real estate market. 60 % of the Galveston market is second homes.

The TWIA Legislative Committee meeting is Tuesday, September 1, 2026 at 1:30pm. (the GDN article printed the incorrect mtg date)

This would have a negative impact on all 14 coastal counties. It is of vital importance that the committee hear your voices. Please share this information with others. Please email opposition to [email protected].

https://www.galvnews.com/news/proposed-state-windstorm-insurance-change-could-leave-many-galveston-residences-uninsurable/article_74db1af7-4b89-4ef1-ad19-842f0d9d1c71.html?fbclid=IwZnRzaAT_ETdwZG9mAWZkaWQWUNbsLS-2j24kYqtIFQide0Lyfj9rMGV4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkCjY2Mjg1NjgzNzkAAR5wflPWoiMFrYCqGOuIXbdEVBQw1J5XyxIHIvn5SW1yOkxUqYiGYNn-2uD9uQ_aem_f3UrZdgU8dz0lvcLpRZcJQ&utm_campaign=mrf-facebook-GalvNews&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&mrfcid=202608296a9227870ce4454e162187d5

08/18/2026

Join us for next week for a webinar on the Texas STR Market Outlook: Where Demand Is Moving and How Leading Operators Are Pricing for It

What should you be doing with your pricing? 🤔

Texas isn’t one STR market. What’s happening in Austin may look very different from DFW, San Antonio, Houston, the Gulf Coast, or the Hill Country.

Join the Texas Short-Term Rental Association (TXSTRA) and Niki Turner of PriceLabs on Tuesday, August 25, from 12:00–1:00 p.m. CT for a data-driven look at where Texas STR demand is strengthening, where it is softening, and how leading operators are adjusting their pricing strategies in response.

We'll look at real Texas market data and explore:

📈 Where demand is strengthening
📉 Where it's softening
📅 Which events and seasonal trends are creating opportunities
💰 When to hold, increase, or adjust rates
🎯 How to turn market signals into smarter pricing decisions

If you're managing 10 properties or 500, understanding where demand is moving can make a meaningful difference to your bottom line.

When? August 25 | 12–1 PM CT
Where? Virtual

👉 Register here (it's FREE!): https://lnkd.in/gftPur5A

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05/15/2026

- UTMB just reached out to us in search of emergency housing for a mother and her 4yo boy. They need a room for tonight and tomorrow while the dad is undergoing chemo. They've been staying at the hospital with him this week, but that is not safe for a little kid. If anyone can spare a room, please let me know! Thank you.