93-year-old man living in Surrey shelter for 18 months - BC

(Andong·Yeongdeok=Yonhap News) Reporters Lee Seung-hyung, Son Dae-seong, Son Hyeong-ju, and Na Bo-bae = The elderly are having a hard time with their shelter life that is getting longer and longer with no end in sight.

93-year-old man living in Surrey shelter for 18 months - BC

"Where am I going to go there's nothing," Clifford Labree told Global News. "Here I get help. Here I get an ambulance if I need it."

An elder on the edge of homelessness

By KORALEE NICKARZ Imagine you’ve lived in a basement suite for almost four decades, paying your monthly rent to the homeowner who lives upstairs. And then one day, you’re evicted.   You look and look for a new place nearby but you come up short. You can’t find a new home at the same rental rate because the cost of housing has risen to such an extent that you can’t afford to move within your own neighbourhood. Renters in Vancouver have been face…

93-year-old man living in Surrey shelter for 18 months

“Where am I going to go there’s nothing,” Clifford Labree told Global News. “Here I get help. Here I get an ambulance if I need it.” Go to Source 26/03/2025 – 03:05 /Catherine Urquhart SoMe: @hoffeldt.bsky.social