A Valemount, B.C., resident is worried about finding adequate, affordable housing after her application to live in an RV on her friend’s property for the next three years was denied by village council.
Michele Hayman, 62, bought a used RV in 2023 when she found herself in need of a place to live after being evicted from her rental home, where she had lived for 10 years. Her friend, Sherral Shaw, offered to let her park the RV on her property and got utilities hooked up. They even worked together to winterize the RV.
In an emailed statement to CBC News, the village’s chief administrative officer, Anne Yanciw, said the policy was repealed as Trans Mountain construction wrapped up and housing was no longer an issue.
With current housing costs being what they are, closing this “loophole” is nothing more than punishing the poor for the crime of being poor.