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Beautiful artwork #2023NewYear & interesting vintage '64 bus. đŸ¤© Kudos staff & ambassadors at the parade! twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Happy Lunar New Year!
Beautiful artwork #2023NewYear & interesting vintage '64 bus. đŸ¤© Kudos staff & ambassadors at the parade! twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Thank you Kathy Shimizu (of @WePress_YVR) for introducing that idea about a new definition of social housing! appropriately doing so in the context of this #ChinatownYVR session at council. i can explain #vanpoli
(i was hoping to be there today, but i'm still really sick.) 1/..
(i was hoping to be there today, but i'm still really sick.) 1/..
at present "social housing" can include a rental range from $375/mth (the "shelter rate" portion of bc social assistance) to 30% of income at the HiLs rate - for one person, that's an annual income of $38,500. @BC_Housing @selinarobinson bchousing.org/housing-assist…
which would mean rent for a studio would max out at $962/mth. world of difference between $375 and $962. i understand that HILs represents the low end of average incomes - but how is that measured? $962/mth doesn't feel like "social housing"
