{"id":23,"date":"2026-09-10T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-10T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.austin114.com\/blog\/2026\/09\/10\/austin-homestead-exemption-primary-home-only\/"},"modified":"2026-09-10T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-10T12:00:00","slug":"austin-homestead-exemption-primary-home-only","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.austin114.com\/blog\/2026\/09\/10\/austin-homestead-exemption-primary-home-only\/","title":{"rendered":"Austin Homestead Exemption: Primary Home Only?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"roomvu-news-container\">\n<p>Austin homeowners often ask whether a homestead exemption can reduce taxes on rental or investment properties. In general, Texas\u2019s residential homestead exemption is intended for the property you own and occupy as your principal residence, not a separate rental, second home, or investment property. Eligibility typically depends on ownership and occupancy requirements, and homeowners generally may claim the residential exemption on only one property. Because circumstances and local appraisal records matter, review your county appraisal district account and consult a qualified Texas tax professional before applying or changing an exemption.<\/p>\n<p>\t<a class=\"roomvu-news-continue\" href=\"\"><\/p>\n<div>Continue to full article<\/div>\n<p>\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Austin homeowners often ask whether a homestead exemption can reduce taxes on rental or investment properties. In general, Texas\u2019s residential homestead exemption is intended for the property you own and occupy as your principal residence, not a separate rental, second home, or investment property. Eligibility typically depends on ownership and occupancy requirements, and homeowners generally [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":49,"featured_media":24,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.austin114.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.austin114.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.austin114.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.austin114.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/49"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.austin114.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.austin114.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.austin114.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.austin114.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.austin114.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.austin114.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}