In an RV outside Walmart, a senior dreams of housing as ‘dramatic reversal’ plays out.

In an RV outside a Walmart, 77-year-old Keith Light dreams of stable housing as he recovers from a recent hospital stay. Having spent two years on BC Housing's waiting list, Light continues to hope for a call offering him a subsidized home. His situation reflects a larger issue in British Columbia where seniors are increasingly finding themselves in poverty or on the brink of it due to high housing costs.

January 27, 2024
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