B.C. minister acknowledges concerns at supportive housing site

Stephen Village is a 51-unit facility on Agassiz Road in a residential neighbourhood near the city's downtown that opened in the summer of 2020.

B.C. Housing Minister Ravi Kahlon is acknowledging safety concerns at a Kelowna, B.C. supportive housing facility after a group of neighbours compiled a video showing people allegedly connected with the site yelling, fighting and engaging in other disruptive behaviour.

Stephen Village is a 51-unit facility on Agassiz Road in a residential neighbourhood near the city's downtown that opened in the summer of 2020.

A video compiled by some neighbours shows a series of encounters and disturbances on the street and sidewalk near Stephen Village.

The video is part of a petition by neighbours called Change Stephen Village that blames the supportive housing building and some of its residents for a drastic increase in noise, street violence, crime and open drug use in the neighbourhood.