Editor:
Last week’s paper had a lot of good views and comments regarding our devastating eviction rate, but very few solutions. I may have a band-aid idea – for a bit anyway.
In weeks, many will be facing the streets, from seniors to single moms. Even if they find a place to store their belongings until they can find a place to rent, they are left in limbo.
We are hearing from the STRs that they are our neighbours, not commercial. I Googled AirBnB and found there are 56 units available for the entire month of June. Not one full day! While many are above many thousand a month, 17 are under $4,000. Considering there is no income to date for these units, perhaps some of the units could be offered at half the price for the month to give folks a reprieve? These people have money…just not enough! I would think $2,000 for a $4,000 empty unit would be beneficial to all. After all we’re all neighbours.
And perhaps those of us than can, would foster their furry family members.
Maybe by July 1 we will have made some headway in softening zoning?
Mar-Lynn Church, ts’ukw’um
