A woman had to move out of her tiny home after 1 day because the city threatened to fine her $1,000 a day

• A woman is suing the city of Meridian, Idaho, over its ban on living in mobile homes.

• Chasidy Decker bought her tiny home because she couldn't afford a traditional house.

• City officials told her she can't live in it legally despite paying rent to park it in a yard.

A woman who bought a tiny home is taking legal action against her city, which threatened to fine her $1,000 a day if she continued living in it because the action left her unhoused.

Chasidy Decker of Meridian, Idaho, couldn't afford to buy a house, so she opted for the 252-square-foot tiny home and arranged to put it on Robert Calacal's property for $600 a month, according to the lawsuit.

A neighbor called the Meridian Police Department when the tiny home arrived on the property and asked whether living in it would be legal.

In May last year, a day after Decker moved in, a Meridian city-code-enforcement officer threatened both Decker and Calacal with criminal prosecution and fines of $1,000 a day unless she moved out, the Institute for Justice wrote in a blog post.

The institute, which files constitutional cases in state and federal courts, said in the blog post that Meridian's city code permitted trailers and recreational vehicles to park in residential neighborhoods but did not permit living in them.