Focus on Seniors Forum – Housing
Event Date: February 18, 2017 Event Time: 9 am to 2:30 pm Event Location: Cloverdale Recreation Centre 6188 – 176 Street, Surrey More Information: https://www.surrey.ca/community/21745.aspx
Event Date: February 18, 2017 Event Time: 9 am to 2:30 pm Event Location: Cloverdale Recreation Centre 6188 – 176 Street, Surrey More Information: https://www.surrey.ca/community/21745.aspx
Condominiums or ‘strata’ as they are called in BC (because BC law is based on the Australian law and retained its terminology) Strata properties have two essential elements: (1) the division of a property into units (which are individually owned) and common elements (which are collectively owned by the unit owners); -and- (2) a system … Continued
The report highlights that 93% of seniors are living independently, and the help they need is mostly financial. Among the 18 recommendations in the report, Mackenzie proposes a bold new initiative to help senior homeowners afford to stay at home, calls for increases to rent subsidies for seniors, demands a commitment from the province to address lack of appropriate housing in rural B.C., argues for a fundamental redesign of assisted living, and presses for more action on getting seniors into the residential care facility of their choice.