Tex. Prop. Code § 202.003 : PROPERTY CODE — RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS — CONSTRUCTION AND ENFORCEMENT OF RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS — Construction of Restrictive Covenants TEXT PDF (a) A restrictive covenant shall be liberally construed to give effect to its purposes and intent. (b) In this subsection, "family home" is a residential home that meets the definition of and requirements applicable to a family home under the Community Homes for Disabled Persons Location Act (Article 1011n, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes). A dedicatory instrument or restrictive covenant may not be construed to prevent the use of property as a family home. However, any restrictive covenant that applies to property used as a family home shall be liberally construed to give effect to its purposes and intent except to the extent that the construction would restrict the use as a family home. Tex. Prop. Code § 202.003 Added by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 712, Sec. 1, eff. 6/18/1987.