12/4/2022
A woman who bought a tiny home is taking legal action against her city, which threatened to fine her $1,000 a day if she continued living in it, because the action left her unhoused.
Chasidy Decker of Meridian, Idaho, couldn’t afford to buy a house, so she opted for the 252-square-foot tiny home and arranged to put it on Robert Calacal’s property for $600 a month, according to the lawsuit.
Robert Belden, a lawyer with the Institute for Justice, told Insider: “Everyone needs a place to live, but the city would rather have Chasidy be homeless than living in a tiny home on wheels parked on private property. That’s not just wrong, it’s unconstitutional. Making Chasidy homeless does nothing to improve public health, safety, or welfare in Meridian, and it certainly doesn’t improve Chasidy’s.”
“At a time when so few affordable housing options are available, why is the city’s zoning ordinance further reducing such options?” Belden said.
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