One-stop shop for all the stories we have on how the housing crisis is affecting locals with diverse realities!
Reimagining Salt Spring: forward for the better, not “back to normal”
What if we don’t go “back to normal” on Salt Spring?
One-stop shop for all the stories we have on how the housing crisis is affecting locals with diverse realities!
What if we don’t go “back to normal” on Salt Spring?
The Rally for housing solutions was amazing! Thanks for all who showed up. Now we need to show the wider Trust Council that housing action is climate action.
A growing movement to encourage local government bodies to work harder on bold and systemic solutions to the housing crisis held a positive rally this morning at the Islands Trust offices.
What if action on housing was also action on the climate? These five solutions show how.
The affordable housing crisis is indeed one of the biggest problems of our times. It wasn’t created overnight, nor will it be solved in only a few years. But we are going to solve it, and to do so we need islanders to first believe we can do it.
A lack of choice in housing makes some seniors very vulnerable to homelessness and stress. Long-term residents who have rented for many years are losing their rentals as homes are sold out from under them. Many of our artisans, chefs, care-workers and grand-parents are feeling the pinch around finding suitable housing. Here are some of their stories…
Healthcare workers, teachers, and other working professionals struggle to stay on Salt Spring due to the high costs of rent – often 60% or more of their salaries – or simply not finding housing at all. People with well paying, full time jobs that provide services essential for a well-functioning community are being forced to leave.
Families and children suffer from not knowing where home is going to be, or with having alternative, communal living arrangements taken away. Some families and single moms are experiencing discrimination when landlords will not rent to them because they have children.
