B.C.’s top court rules law to push through Kitsilano supportive housing unconstitutional | Globalnews.ca Subscribe Site theme toggle. Site theme toggle. Menu Topics National BarrieBCCalgaryDurhamEdmontonGuelphHalifaxHamiltonKingstonKitchenerLethbridgeLondon MontrealNew BrunswickOkanaganOttawaPeterboroughReginaSaskatoonTorontoWinnipeg BarrieBCCalgaryDurhamEdmontonGuelphHalifaxHamiltonKingstonKitchenerLethbridgeLondon MontrealNew BrunswickOkanaganOttawaPeterboroughReginaSaskatoonTorontoWinnipeg Share Share this item on Facebook Share this item on Twitter Send this page to someone via email Share this item via WhatsApp Share this item on Pocket Share this item via Telegram Share this item on Reddit Share this item on BlueSky Add Global News to Home Screen Instructions: Press the share icon on your browser Select Add to Home Screen Press Add Comments Want to discuss? B.C.’s top court rules law to push through Kitsilano supportive housing unconstitutional government changes legislation to push through Kitsilano social housing project RELATED: Residents of a Kitsilano neighbourhood say they're alarmed by the news the provincial government is changing legislation to push through a controversial social housing project. As Kamil Karamali reports, the housing minister isn't ruling out using the same legislation in other parts of B.C. Share this item on Facebook Share this item via WhatsApp Share this item on Twitter Send this page to someone via email Share Share this item on Facebook Share this item on Twitter Send this page to someone via email Share this item via WhatsApp Share this item on Pocket Share this item via Telegram Share this item on Reddit Share this item on BlueSky Court of Appeal says a law passed by the provincial government to stave off opposition to a supportive housing development in the Vancouver neighbourhood of Kitsilano is unconstitutional. The provincial government had adopted the law at the request of the City of Vancouver in 2023 to push through a 12-storey housing development at Arbutus Street, featuring units open to low‑income residents and users of support services. But the Arbutus development has been opposed by the Kitsilano Coalition for Children & Family Safety Society, which took the city to court over its in-principle approval of a rezoning to allow the project to go ahead. Get the day's top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day. By providing your email address, you have read and agree to Global News' Monday’s ruling says the provincial government “evidently became concerned” the litigation could delay the rezoning, so it passed the Municipal Enabling and Validating Act to facilitate the project. Supreme Court upheld the law in November last year, but the community group appealed, arguing the law crossed the line in bypassing the court’s “supervisory role” enshrined by the Constitution. Story continues below advertisement The new ruling says the legislation “amounted to interference” with the court’s adjudicative role. It says the case isn’t about whether the housing crisis “requires action or whether the proposed development should proceed” — the “sole issue” is whether the province infringed upon the role of the court. The City of Vancouver said in a statement that it was reviewing the decision, although it was not a party to the appeal. Neither the coalition nor the Housing Ministry immediately provided a response to the ruling. ‘It’s not about you’: String of dangerous drivers spurs warning from Burnaby RCMPB.C.’s wineries, breweries say they are not enjoying the GST holidayLawyer changes caused delays in deadly B.C. hit-and-run case5 people rescued from avalanche west of Pemberton Bobby’s Hospice to receive funds from poppy campaign Nova Scotia Firefighters 50/50 raffle prize expected to break records Halifax couple’s Christmas village shares holiday spirit Nova Scotians frustrated with stolen packages or parcels not delivered at all The email you need for the day’s top news stories from Canada and around the world. Nissan and Honda agreed to a merger. Quebec fugitive killed in Mexican resort town, RCMP say 2,371 Read Top Videos Matt Gaetz withdraws as Trump’s attorney general pick 108 Viewed How the Bank of Canada’s interest rate cut will provide relief to homeowners 71 Viewed Honda, Nissan announce plans to merge 69 Viewed The email you need for the day’s top news stories from Canada and around the world.