OPINION
WILLIAMS, Chief Justice.
Almost eighty years ago, the United States Supreme Court upheld the power of cities and towns to control land use within their borders as a valid exercise of the police power for the protection of their citizens' public health and welfare. Unfortunately, that same opinion permitted the exclusion of lower-income housing from residential neighborhoods, stating that "the development of detached house sections is greatly retarded...
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