Campaign signs in the Hayes Barton neighborhood. Photo: Lucille Sherman/Axios
A group of Raleigh residents who sued to stop a developer from building luxury townhomes in the Hayes Barton neighborhood could be forced to pay the developer's legal fees, WRAL reports.
Why it matters: The lawsuit was seen as a major protest against the city's "missing middle" housing reforms, which encouraged adding more density to single-family neighborhoods like Hayes Barton.
But a judge in the case ordered the plaintiffs to pay the developer's $28,000 in legal fees, WRAL reported. The developer did not create the city's policies around housing, the judge said.
