The woman is challenging the ban on living in mobile homes.
She couldn't afford a traditional house so she decided to buy a tiny one.
She was told by the city that she couldn't live in it legally because of her rent.
A woman is taking legal action against her city because she was left homeless after being threatened with fines of $1,000 a day if she lived in a tiny house.
The tiny home was put on Robert Calacal's property because he couldn't afford to buy a house.
A neighbor called the police department to ask if they could live in the house.
The Institute for Justice wrote in a post that a code enforcement officer in the city of Meridian threatened both Decker and Calacal with criminal prosecution and fines of $1,000 a day if they didn't leave.
The institute, which files constitutional cases in state and federal courts, said in a post that trailers and recreational vehicles can be parked in residential neighborhoods but can't be lived in.
The city's ban on tiny homes was the subject of a lawsuit filed by two people.
Four of the five claims were allowed by the judge, but he blocked the woman from living in her home during the proceedings.
She said she was disappointed because she wanted to live in her home again. Something good will happen, that's what I hope. The judge is so involved in the case that it affects a lot of people in the housing crisis.
Robert Belden, a lawyer with the Institute for Justice, told Insider that the city would rather have a homeless person than a tiny home on wheels. It's wrong and unconstitutional. Making Chasidy homeless does not improve public health, safety, or welfare.
At a time when there are so few affordable housing options, why is the city'szoning law further reducing such options? Belden came to an end.
Lawyers for the two athletes didn't respond to a request for comment.
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