BC Housing approved to defend supportive housing project in Parksville
PARKSVILLE — The names have changed at the top of a petition against the 49-unit supportive housing project coming to Parksville in spring 2019.
BC Housing and the Provincial Rental Housing Corporation will now be listed as respondents to the matter, filed by community members opposed to the project being developed at 222 Corfield St. S.
Supreme Court Justice Robin Baird said in his written decision the province should be allowed to defend the housing because the City of Parksville is withdrawing their objection.
“Their participation in the proceedings is necessary to make sure that all aspects of the case are effectually adjudicated,” he wrote. “This is particularly so now because, for reasons that no authorised official has yet articulated, the City seems prepared to concede the petition.”