Squamish Nation Sued for Their Land and Built 6,000 Homes
Squamish people were illegally kicked off this land over a century ago. They sued. They won. They got it back.
Then they used their sovereignty to bypass local zoning entirely and build 6,000 homes while NIMBYs screamed into the void.
Poetic justice is real and it sometimes comes with mixed-use residential development.
Sen̓áḵw Towers set to open 113 years after Squamish people forced from site https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/senakw-towers-set-to-open-their-doors
The Squamish Nation reclaimed illegally seized land, told local zoning rules to get lost, and built thousands of homes in Vancouver proving Indigenous sovereignty can be the most effective housing policy tool nobody in government wants to talk about.
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