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Mayor ‘steaming’ about stopping of supportive housing in Surrey
The province says slower funding will delay projects, including youth housing, shelters and Indigenous housing, as Surrey warns the cuts will hurt homelessness efforts.
Surrey Mayor Brenda Locke says she’s “steaming” about the provincial government stopping 954 supportive housing units in Surrey while at the same time expecting it to meet housing targets it imposes on the city. “We got a letter in February – they cancelled all eight of eight units, 954 housing units all different kinds women’s transitional, youth housing, shelter and supportive housing, Indigenous housing like that,” Locke told the Now-Leader. …