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Forney reports $253,000 in initial rental-registration fees; staff flags hundreds of unregistered units
Summary
City staff told the Forney City Council on June 3 that the city has registered hundreds of rental properties since Oct. 1, 2024, collected $253,000 in initial fees and opened hundreds of code-enforcement cases tied to unregistered units; staff said the fee revenue is funding a rental-inspector position and an additional code-enforcement officer.
Forney city staff presented an update on the city’s rental-property registration program at the June 3 City Council meeting, reporting hundreds of registrations since October 2024 and $253,000 in initial fee revenue.
The update noted that the program’s records since Oct. 1, 2024, show 743 unique properties registered for the 2025 annual registration cycle and that initial rental fees collected totaled $253,000. Peter Morgan, city staff, told council the fee revenue is being used to fund a new rental-registration inspector position and an additional code-enforcement officer “which we are using to, start to provide services on the weekend.”
Morgan said the city saw an increase from 596 registered properties in 2024 to 785 registered properties in 2025 in another portion of his presentation, which he explained reflected both the city’s intensified identification work and new registrations. “The main reason for that is because we do have the new position which is working very hard over the last couple months…
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