CLOVIS, Calif. (KFSN) -- Nearly 1,300 new high-density housing units could soon come to Clovis following a lawsuit that forced the city to find space.

"There is a benefit to this," Planning and Development Services Director Renee Mathis told Action News. "Because of this infill rezone program, the city is able to accommodate additional housing to really address our housing crisis needs."

Mathis described the 20 plots officials want to rezone.

"They are spread, pretty much, throughout the entire city of Clovis," she said.

The rezoning could drastically change existing neighborhoods, bringing in a lot more people.

"At this point in time, the city is not in receipt of any proposals to actually construct or develop any higher-density residential units," Mathis said. "That will depend on

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