Plans to build a 151-unit rental community in far south Fort Worth squeezed past the city’s zoning commission Wednesday afternoon. NexMetro, an Arizona-based developer, hopes to build a “cottage style” complex at the northwest intersection of Altamesa Boulevard and Village Parkway, about a mile west from Interstate 35W.

A district court has ruled in favor of Fort Worth in a 2023 lawsuit challenging the city’s short-term rental regulations.

The City of Fort Worth can continue enforcing its rules for short-term rentals, like Airbnb or Vrbo, thanks to a district court judge ruling in the city's favor in a lawsuit against its current ordinance.

But a Tarrant County District Court judge on Thursday ruled that Fort Worth had the authority to make that regulation. The ruling comes just over two years after the City Council passed new zoning rules prohibiting short-term rentals in single family neighborhoods.