A couple living with disabilities is worried they are going to lose their home after receiving a letter saying their rent will be increasing by almost $1,000 a month.

Amelia Cooper and her husband, Aaron Busch, have been living in co-op housing in Vancouver’s river district since 2021.

At the start of July, they were told their household was being reclassified to low-end market rent, based on Cooper’s income.

“Last year, (Kinship Co-op) were going to do the same thing to us, but then I had a meeting with the board of directors, and they decided to keep it on the HILs program due to the fact that I was the only income, and this year, so far, I have been the only income also,” Cooper said.

“So I went to the board of directors, and I said, ‘This is what they were able to do last year’.”

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