This single dad makes $75K a year. He can't find affordable housing in Vancouver for him and his son | CBC News
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/single-dad-affordable-housing-vancouver-1.6899715
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/single-dad-affordable-housing-vancouver-1.6899715
6 Comments
BCsven@lemmy.ca · 9 pts · 3y
Not really news. This has been going on for a long time. It doesn't help that we have foreign buyers holding empty, or mostly empty properties. It is a unit of housing that should be in the buying/rent pool. I personally know 2 people (and I know very few people in BC because I'm from another province) that rent a basement suite and 3000+sq ft main house is vacant because owners moved back overseas once suite was filled. Been over 2 years empty. Vacancy tax does nothing, especially when a family friend retrieves mail and fakes the vacancy report.
curiousaur@lemmy.fmhy.ml · 6 pts · 3y
This just isn't a world for poor people anymore.
phx@lemmy.ca · 8 pts · 3y
It never was, but now "poor" is pushing into new frontiers in terms of income needed for base necessities
Dardlem@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 3y
Oh man, this sounds bad. How much of a fighting chance would 2 immigrants have in Vancouver working entry level jobs? Asking for myself.
chiisana@lemmy.chiisana.net · 5 pts · 3y
I’d honestly recommend moving further out if the said entry level jobs are available outside of Vancouver proper. Even Surrey makes a huge difference to quality of life if you’re not required to head downtown to work every day.