Les Leyne: NIMBY override is part of province's housing plan
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Housing Minister Ravi Kahlon gave NIMBYs a taste of what’s to come on Tuesday.
He made a move that applies only to one block of a Kitsilano neighbourhood in Vancouver. But the message can be taken as applying anywhere in B.C. — the “not in my backyard” objections to new housing in the NDP government’s latest push won’t carry nearly the weight they once did.
The bill relates to a badly needed housing project that has gone through the protracted development-approval mill and finally cleared all the hurdles. But now it is hung up on a court challenge from unhappy neighbours who want a judicial review of the process.
Full article: https://www.timescolonist.com/opinion/les-leyne-nimby-override-is-part-of-provinces-housing-plan-6874452