‘Escalated beyond belief’: Calls for action on Vernon, B.C.’s rental housing crunch
Global News
A Vernon, B.C. woman is sharing her struggle finding rental housing hoping to raise awareness of how pricy and limited the options are, and spur action.
A Vernon, B.C., woman is sharing her struggle finding rental housing and hoping to raise awareness of the challenges in the local rental market, as well as how pricy and limited the options are.
Governments have been creating new units, but with the region’s housing market hot and the area growing, the investments so far haven’t been enough to eliminate the housing crunch.
Mary Ellen Wuori said she looks daily for rental listings but has found the options limited and that “have escalated beyond belief.”
Wuori, who asked Global News to use her maiden name due to concerns about news coverage impacting her employment, currently pays $1,750 for a 1940s-era home in Vernon’s East Hill neighbourhood.
However, the house was sold last year and the new owners want to move in at the start of April.
Wuori has expanded her search well beyond Vernon and now expects to have to stretch her budget to $2,500 or $2,700 to find a two-bedroom place, with a yard.
“I quite literally have plans, if I can’t find anything March 31, to sleep in my car. I will not give up my animals. That’s the worst-case scenario,” she said.
Wuori is also looking at the possibility of staying with friends or family if she can’t find a new place in the next six weeks.
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