ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) - The Roanoke City Council is beginning a process to review and explore possible changes to the controversial zoning amendments passed last year .

The zoning amendments allow multiple-family housing units to be built in residential areas. The goal was to bring more affordable housing options into the city. However, this has created controversy over the increase in density it can bring to neighborhoods and has even led to a lawsuit.

Now with several new members, the city council has begun the process to review and possibly change the amendments.

“It effectively gets rid of single-family housing, and it kind of takes away a lot of what was previously put in as a check and balance when we talk about new development,” said Roanoke City Council Member Nick Hagen, who wa

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