Large cracks in the Hadgraft Wilson Place building led to an evacuation
This is the reality for the more than 80 residents of Kelowna’s Hadgraft Wilson Place as they’ve been put up in various hotels after an evacuation of their apartment building was ordered.
Residents were informed during a meeting on Easter Sunday that they would have until 6 p.m. on April 2 to evacuate the building. Large cracks in the building’s structure are visible on both the inside and outside of the apartment. The damage was caused by ground shifting due to the construction of the UBC Okanagan downtown campus project.
Jayme Brandoline and her fiance had been living in a tent in someone’s backyard ahead of getting the keys to the low-income apartment. She explained that getting into Hadgraft was a step closer to planning the wedding as the couple wanted all their “ducks in a row” before walking down the aisle. “It’s sad. We had a community there,” the girl said about Hadgraft, tearing up. “There’s a big community there and now we’re split up into three different hotels and all that. It’s hard.”
As an option for those with limited income, Hadgraft Wilson Place houses several individuals with diverse physical and mental abilities. Shelley Decoste is one of those people. The couple’s support team scrambled and found the couple an accessible room, but the kitchen isn’t accessible for them and the bathroom is too tight for the chairs.
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