One resident is still living in a Granville Street single-room occupancy hotel, despite the government promising to have everyone out by June 30.
The NDP government and BC Housing confirmed on Wednesday that one resident is still living at the Luugat.
On July 1, three residents were living there.
At that time, the B.C. government said in an email update that, as of June 29, there were three people residing at the Luugat, all of whom had either accepted or had pending offers.
The provincial government has said that throughout the process of clearing out the hotel, no one would be evicted if there was no place for them to go.
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“We’re working to find the right fit of housing,” Housing Minister Christine Boyle told Global News.
“What we want is for the new housing to be successful so we don’t see people out on the street, and that’s the detailed work that staff engage in one-on-one with tenants, where they’ve been successful with nearly 80 tenants from the building.”
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Ryan Donnelly, the remaining resident of the Luugat, told Global News that the room that has been offered to him is a nice size and he wants to get away from the conditions of the current building, but he’s still not sure the move is the right one for him.
Boyle said there are two people still staffing the Luugat, but said the ministry doesn’t have a figure as to how much it’s costing to keep the SRO open for one person.
All of these miserable old men in this comment section are just jealous because one crackhead has an entire hotel to himself and he doesn’t have to pay a dime!!
what a bloody joke, my tax dollars and the NDP at work, useless government
Correct me if I’m wrong but isn’t this trespassing? If so why hasn’t the individual been removed? It’s seems the Canadian justice system has forgotten their job description!!!!!
My god, forcibly remove the person. Why do authorities continue to allow this. These people are costing taxpayers enough, they do absolutely NOTHING to change their ways. This isn’t a home, it’s just a place for him to store all his stolen property.
This is insane. What a waste of taxpayers money and who is benefitting from the government money paying to keep this place open? Shut it down
“ but he’s still not sure the move is the right one for him.”
How much cash does the guy want?
One person. Just one man. All this for just one person!
I suppose that equity for all eh!?
Seriously?
Even if he gets rough housed out of there is anyone, who are the 95% of the taxpayers, going to care?
How much is this guy costing everyone per day?
Please. Enough!
The tenant is trespassing. That is against the law. Send in the cops.
Grab this guy, move him out and move on.