To the editor:
Re: “12th and Cambie: City hopes developers will buy into Rental 100,” Dec. 4.
I get very angry, frustrated and depressed when I read the “affordable” rates cited in this article. I see that there is no room for a family of our means in this city. We are five people (two parents, three school-age children) and our income is close to $50,000.
We would love to move out of our basement suite, but feel stuck there, and it is no wonder. If we had to pay the ludicrous rate of $2,743 for a three-bedroom, we wouldn’t be able to eat half the month. Who in heaven’s name comes up with these numbers and then has the nerve to call them affordable?
Colleen Klassen,
Vancouver
