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A Republican Texas state senator now running for attorney general once authored a bill that would strip local governments of their ability to block religious housing developments, including the creation of Islamic cities.

State Sen. Mayes Middleton filed Senate Bill 854 in January of 2025, pitching it as a solution to Texas’ housing shortage. The legislation would require municipalities to approve multifamily or mixed-use housing projects built on land owned by religious institutions, and limit locals’ ability to stop the development. According to the bill, municipalities would have a “purely ministerial” duty to rubber-stamp projects while also exposing municipalities to lawsuits if they tried to block construction.

Middleton framed the legislation in his statement of intent as fighting back against “unnecessary governmental interference” and made clear the scope of the........

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