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Housing Minister David Eby assumed the political risk of endorsing the Woodland Park development before a public hearing Tuesday, describing the project as a “litmus test” of the effort to improve the mix of affordable housing in Metro Vancouver.
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Eby welcomed the outcome after council approved the project by a vote of five to one, after a four-hour hearing where many spoke in opposition.
But his was a qualified sigh of relief. Approval for the 2,000 units of social, rental and market housing appears to be conditional on the construction of a SkyTrain station near the Woodland Park site.
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