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A single mom and her 2 children, 1 with special needs, are on the verge of homelessness due to lack of affordable housing

August 11, 2023

Another troubling example of the lack of affordable housing in the Central Okanagan. A single mom with two children, one of whom has special needs is desperately looking for a home to call their own. It is not looking promising for the trio and as Klaudia Van Emmerik reports, they are just one of many families facing the same harsh reality.

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