AFFORDABLE FOR SENIORS !!!!
 
"BC Housing Safer Program is forgotten in Budget & falls further behind."

The BC Housing Safer Payment has fallen further behind the allowable rent increases over the years, especially in Vancouver.
Now with an approved 2018 rent increase of 4%, Safer will proportionally fall even further behind.
Will the Safer Base, which has not been increased for years, be substantially increased to overcome these increasing discrepancies ?
I was always under the impression that the Safer Program was to keep Seniors on a low fixed income in their chosen neighbourhood, in independent housing with a reasonable subsidy.
Increased government support of Safer is an immediate answer and does not rely on proposed, years off, social housing or the complexity of managing a useless $400 Renter's Rebate.

This does not even consider the unanswered Renovictions Loophole and it's traumatic effect on Seniors.

Kind Regards,
A Very Concerned Senior.