Cornerstone ready for court action over housing requirement
“Cornerstone Christian Center wants to expand their worship and education facilities without meeting Eagle County’s affordable housing requirements, teeing up a legal fight over exemptions for faith-based organizations.
The church and school, located near Willits Town Center at 0351 Highway 82 in unincorporated Eagle County, claims it is exempt from including affordable housing in its plan under the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA) and the “other public benefits” that Cornerstone provides to the community.
‘We are prepared to file a lawsuit in federal district court in Denver,’ said Andrew Nussbaum, a partner with Colorado Springs-based law firm First & Fourteenth PLLC, which is representing Cornerstone.”