A group of Grand Prairie residents say they're frustrated and powerless to stop a proposed high-density housing development in their neighborhood — and they blame a new state law for taking away their say.

"They feel depleted. They feel that they have been let down by our leaders," said Anita Harris, with the Grand Prairie Community Liaison Group.

Town hall reveals housing plans

Harris and others learned about the project during a town hall meeting in September. The land sits next to the Grand Peninsula neighborhood by Joe Pool Lake and across from homeowner Uriah Rinzel, who fears more housing will create traffic problems and lower property values.

"It's going to lower the value of not just the entire area, but it will be producing less tax revenue," Rinzel said. "Everybody in the fut

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