Former tenants from the low-income apartment building Hadgraft Wilson Place are again struggling to make ends meet.

"If you ignore it, it could be your problem tomorrow," said Monique Saebels, a former Hadgraft resident and leading spokesperson for all tenants from the building.

The apartments were evacuated on Apr. 2, 2024, after ground shifting from nearby construction of the University of B.C. (UBC) Okanagan's downtown Kelowna campus caused neighbouring buildings to crack and deteriorate. Hadgraft Wilson Place on Bertram Street is the only evacuated building that remains standing today.

The tenants were put up in hotels, then in Okanagan College dorms, before each unit was given $12,000 from UBC in July 2024 to help supplement rent while the fate of 1360 Bertram Street remains unkn

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