Questions around brand-new, empty affordable housing buildings in Keremeos – Okanagan

Move-in day should have come and gone for residents expecting to live in two affordable housing complexes in Keremeos.Instead, the brand-new buildings have been sitting empty since May.Local resident Anne Morrison, who lives in a different BC Housing unit, said there’s a desperate need in the village for more housing.“I hope they get this straightened out,” Morrison said. “I hope so because there are a lot of people in desperate need of this housing.”
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