‘Poster child for nimbyism’: California sues city over lack of affordable housing
by Guardian staff and agencies from on (#69P3Q)
State officials launch lawsuit against wealthy city of Huntington Beach to force it to build new homes
California officials are suing Huntington Beach, a wealthy coastal city lambasted by the state's governor as the poster child for nimbyism", in an attempt to force it to build more affordable housing.
Defiant Huntington Beach officials have filed their own lawsuit in response, pledging to fight any attempt by the state to urbanize" their affluent, majority-white community.
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