144 people were displaced by Monday\u0027s fire, leaving a huge challenge to find affordable replacement rooms. A solution may now be found.
It is a quick solution to what was going to be a daunting challenge: finding replacement low-rent units for the 71 tenants in a city that has a scarcity of affordable housing.
Fifty tenants can move in immediately The rest will be put up in temporary housing owned by the city, and can move into the new social housing building in the next week or two, Abbott said.Article content Monday’s fire also displaced 73 residents of the neighbouring Gastown Hotel, but dehumidifiers and air filtration systems are being used to mitigate the water and smoke damage. Atira also manages the Gastown, and Abbot said her understanding is that those tenants can return to their building eventually.
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