BOISE, Idaho — On Wednesday, the Idaho Supreme Court overturned the Boise City Council's decision to grant a conditional use permit for a new shelter home facility in Northwest Boise near Veteran's Park.

The Idaho Supreme Court has ruled in favor of the Veterans Park Neighborhood Association, blocking the construction of the Interfaith Sanctuary h

In legal battle, Northwest Boise neighbors had argued that the city’s decision to allow the new shelter was “arbitrary and capricious.”

Four years after the public first learned the city’s low-barrier emergency shelter was looking to relocate, the state’s highest court scuttled the plan. The Idaho Supreme Court issued a unanimous opinion Wednesday siding with the Veterans Park Neighborhood Association’s lawsuit against the City of Boise over the Boise City Council’s 4-2 vote to approve Interfaith