The executive director of Pathways Abilities Society has yet to directly answer the question regarding who will live in the new Pridham Site, a replacement building for the evacuated, low-income apartment Hadgraft Wilson Place.

All 69 units at Hadgraft Wilson Place were evacuated on Apr. 2, 2024, and the more than 80 former tenants have since had to go back to market price rentals costing double or triple the monthly rent of their previous apartments, which were run by Pathways.

Before moving into Hadgraft, the residents had to apply for affordable rentals through BC Housing, proving their income and their status as a Canadian citizen or permanent resident. Spokesperson for the tenants, Monique Saebels, said some of the tenants had to wait three years after applying before finding out if

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