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LETTER: White Rock must support seniors housing

A few designated 'affordable' units in a highrise is not the answer, this writer says
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Editor,

An open letter to the White Rock mayor and councillors:

To address the urgent need for subsidized housing for seniors in White Rock, I urge you to do the following: purchase two city lots near a bus stop, donate them to a non-profit who can then build and administer the building.  Surrey has done this in the past and is still doing this. A few designated "affordable" 20 per cent off units in a highrise is not the answer.

We owe it to our struggling seniors who helped build our city and need a helping hand to stay in the city they love.  Where there is a will, there is a way!

Patricia Kealy, White Rock