Study outlines urgency to increase culturally-appropriate secured housing options for Chinatown seniors

January 23, 2023

For Immediate Release

Study outlines urgency to increase culturally-appropriate secured housing options for Chinatown seniors

Vancouver, BC – The results of a comprehensive study aimed at providing insight into the current housing situations and challenges facing seniors living in and around Vancouver’s Chinatown will be made public at a news conference.

DATE: Wednesday, January 25, 2023

TIME: 10:30 a.m.

LOCATION: S.U.C.C.E.S.S. Head Office, Choi Hall, 28 W Pender Street, Vancouver

The Vancouver Chinatown Affordable Seniors Housing Inventory Report takes stock of affordable housing supply within Chinatown, Strathcona and the Downtown Eastside and focuses on non-market housing units and Single Room Occupancy rooms (SROs) as affordable housing supply.

The study also offers recommendations and proposed actions to address the severe shortage of culturally-appropriate housing options for seniors in Chinatown and its vicinity.

The community-led research project was initiated to address the precarity of seniors housing especially following the 2021 purchase of the Vancouver Grace Seniors Home at 333 East Pender by the Province of British Columbia to safeguard the facility for the 70 residents who were at risk of being evicted.

The Inventory was commissioned by Chinatown Society Heritage Buildings Association (CSHBA) and the Housing Working Group under the Chinatown Legacy Stewardship Group (LSG).

MEDIA CONTACT:
Stephanie Leo
LSG Co-Chair and Housing Working Group Member
Email: [email protected]

January 23, 2023

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研究顯示亟需增加文化適切及供應穩定的唐人街長者房屋選擇

(2023年1月23日溫哥華) 一 項探討唐人街長者目前居住情況和面對挑戰的詳盡研究報告結果，將會在以下記者招待會上公布。

日期: 2023年1月25日(星期三)

時間:上午10時30分

地點: 溫哥華片打西街28號 中僑互助會總部 禮和堂

這份『唐人街長者可負擔房屋清單報告』點算了在唐人街、士達孔拿及市中心東端地區內可負擔房屋的供應數量，並集中研究在非市場房屋單位和單身住房(SRO)等可負擔房屋的供應狀況。

該報告並提出了多項建議和行動，以解決居住在唐人街及鄰近地區年長人士嚴重缺乏文化適切居所的問題。

這個由社區主導的研究項目是為了探討長者房屋的不穩定性﹐尤其是在2021年省府需要斥資購入位於片打東街333號的溫哥華天恩頤安院，才能讓70位居住在該設施的長者免被迫遷事件發生之後而展開。

清單報告是由溫哥華華埠僑團傳統建築協會(CSHBA)及唐人街文化傳承督導組(LSG)轄下之房屋工作小組委託進行。

媒體聯絡：

廖綺眉 Stephanie Leo

唐人街文化傳承督導組共同主席/房屋工作小組成員

電郵: [email protected]