NDP candidate seeks solution to affordable housing crisis
KAMLOOPS — Kamloops-North Thompson NDP candidate Barb Nederpel participated in a round table forum Thursday, Oct. 6, to discuss a lack of affordable housing in the community.
The conversation was attended by people who know first hand how hard it can be to afford rent or mortgage payments. Nederpel says it is a diverse group of people who are struggling, from seniors and the disabled, to those on income assistance or students.
“Affordable housing, just the lack of affordable housing, is a huge issue in the Kamloops North Thompson,” Nederpel said, “but even more than that it’s not just a housing issue, it’s appropriate housing for people with disabilities, or the hard to house. What’s also a huge issue is just the affordability, that people just aren’t able to make the wages in order to make ends meet.”