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Opponents of a northeast housing project approved by an appeal board Thursday say they’re considering pursuing their fight in court.

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Marvin Quashnick, with the Thorncliffe-Greenview Community Association, said the group will consider a legal appeal after speaking with area businesses hostile to the project.

“That’s a conversation we have to have with them to see if they continue to have an appetite for that,” Quashnick said. “As you might expect it would be an expensive route to take, so that’s not something we want to bear as an association on our own.”

Quashnick made his comments after the Calgary Subdivision and Development Appeal Board announced its decision to grant a development permit to the Calgary Drop-In and Rehab Centre for an affordable housing development near McKnight Boulevard and Edmonton Trail N.E.

The move overturns a decision by the Calgary Planning Commission, which rejected the controversial project in a 7-2 vote last fall.

Drop-In Centre executive director Debbie Newman hailed the outcome of what has been a four-year battle as a “victorious day” for people who desperately need housing.

“This is a new project that will allow people to start rebuilding their lives,” Newman told reporters.