Readers of the ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ Facebook page reacted to our story on kelownacapnews.com about .
Tara Dawn:
I donÎÚÑ»´«Ã½™t blame the landlords, their costs have gone up too. We live in a city with lots of low-paying jobs available and no one wanting to or able to work for those wages and no place to live on what the median incomes here are.
Wages canÎÚÑ»´«Ã½™t go up without small businesses going under, property and interest rates are up so it costs more for homeowners to keep their houses and pay their mortgages, and itÎÚÑ»´«Ã½™s a seemingly endless cycle with no solutions being proposed by leadership at a the civic level or anywhere else. The only solution is to escape but weÎÚÑ»´«Ã½™re all trapped here in poverty to even do that. ItÎÚÑ»´«Ã½™s like the black hole over here.
Debra Sawarin:
I blame the landlords somewhat. Some of them feel that their basement suite rental should cover the cost of their mortgage for the whole house. I think the fact that rentals go for so much money to summer tourists has given some landlords unreasonable expectations.
Amanda Hewson:
B.C. will suck people dry, its taxes that kill. People are leaving BC for better opportunities. ItÎÚÑ»´«Ã½™s sad.
