Operator backs ending funding to private rooming hotels after B.C. fire inquest
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VANCOUVER — The society that operated the Vancouver supportive housing building where a fire killed two people two years ago says it fully supports the recommendations from a coroner’s inquest.
The Atira Women’s Resource Society says it fully supports all of the recommendations the inquest’s jury made on Monday, which include stopping public funding for single-room occupancy hotels in privately owned buildings.
Atira says it is increasingly clear that “no reasonable investment” into 100-year-old buildings can ensure health and safety for both tenants and staff, and that it is now up to the province to “fund supportive social housing to the level that guarantees safety.”
The society says in a statement that BC Housing should prioritize purpose-built housing and other long-term solutions moving forward.
