Elizabeth Luna won $33,243 after a nearly three-year legal battle with her Texas HOA over rental restrictions and property rights. (Photo: KSAT 12)
That changed in 2023 when HOA President Terri Thomure pushed for a ban on short-term rentals in the 11-unit community. Luna challenged the change, alleging that a special meeting held in March 2023 did not comply with notice requirements under Texas law. Despite the new restrictions, Luna said she attempted to comply with the association’s rules by securing a tenant under a 12-month lease. A Bexar County judge ordered the Oaks Northwest HOA to pay $20,743.39, while its president Terri Thomure was ordered to pay $12,500. (Photo: KSAT 12) The dispute escalated when, according to Luna’s lawsuit, Thomure approached the tenant’s assistant in the community’s parking lot.
The case, reported by KSAT, centered on a dispute that began after the association moved to restrict short-term rentals.
Luna purchased the townhome when there were no restrictions preventing her from renting it out, according to the report. Elizabeth Luna, who owned a rental townhome in the Oaks Northwest community near the San Antonio Medical Center, prevailed in a Bexar County court case against the HOA and its president, Terri Thomure. Luna argued that the procedural issue made the amendment invalid.
