B.C.’s low-income renters thought they’d get free AC units, but face hurdles
It means restless nights with his wife and son in an overheating ground-floor basement suite that lacks air conditioning.
Advocates worry that requiring a landlord’s consent to obtain an air conditioner is putting up an unnecessary barrier. Ghuman heard about the program from the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now , an advocacy group for lower-income renters of which he is a member. Instead, her landlord stood in the way. The tenant said that after a prolonged back-and-forth, the landlord finally agreed to sign the consent form.
“We have seniors in this building that are in a lot more need than me,” She said. “Some of them face south and their place gets really hot. And some of the seniors are not well. I don’t know what will happen to them.”
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