The B.C. government will not make public the “legal guidance” it used to determine that six property owners in the Chilliwack River Valley were not eligible for financial assistance after their homes were found unsafe to live in because of increased landslide risk from atmospheric rivers in 2021.

The atmospheric rivers, carried across the Pacific Ocean from tropical storms, triggered record-breaking rainfall that caused devastating flooding and landslides in B.C., including the Fraser Valley.

The rainfall triggered small landslides on the six properties but did not damage the homes, making them ineligible for assistance, the province has said.

The homeowners have since learned that most of their property values have dropped to $2.

Postmedia asked for the legal guidance that B.C. emer

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