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Chris Michael

No more helipads? Beverly Hills home renovations blocked until affordable housing built

Businesses and palm trees on Rodeo Drive in Los Angeles
While the population of the US and California itself has shot up, the number of people living in Beverly Hills has slightly decreased since 1970. Photograph: Siqui Sanchez/Getty Images

It’s the home of Taylor Swift, Adele, Jennifer Lawrence, Jeff Bezos and any number of other celebrity grandees whose elaborate mansions, replete with helipads and cascading swimming pools, perch on some of the highest-value real estate in the world.

But just having the cash to splash in Beverly Hills may no longer be enough to get yourself the latest spa basement or indoor basketball court, after a judge banned all new luxury permits for home renovations until the city first builds more affordable housing.

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