Thousands of Retired Canadians Are Living in Motels... and Nobody Notices
Maple Homes Canada
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0:00 The precarious reality of retirees living in motels as a form of affordable housing.
1:23 Airport Inn
7:41 Everyone Counts
11:14 Lakeview Signature Inn
A motel room can be the last affordable address before homelessness—and one inspection can take it away.
I look at what happened to retirees living at the Airport Inn near Fredericton, New Brunswick, after the power and water were cut off. I explain the rent and pension math, the cost of deposits and moving, and why leaving can be harder than staying.
I also examine the blurry legal line between motel guest and tenant, how Canada's Everyone Counts homelessness survey can miss people quietly paying for rooms, and what projects like Calgary's Lakeview Signature Inn reveal about converting hotels into affordable seniors' housing.
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Thousands of Retired Canadians Are Living in Motels... and Nobody Notices
Maple Homes Canada
4,399 views
0:00 The precarious reality of retirees living in motels as a form of affordable housing.
1:23 Airport Inn
7:41 Everyone Counts
11:14 Lakeview Signature Inn
A motel room can be the last affordable address before homelessness—and one inspection can take it away.
I look at what happened to retirees living at the Airport Inn near Fredericton, New Brunswick, after the power and water were cut off. I explain the rent and pension math, the cost of deposits and moving, and why leaving can be harder than staying.
I also examine the blurry legal line between motel guest and tenant, how Canada's Everyone Counts homelessness survey can miss people quietly paying for rooms, and what projects like Calgary's Lakeview Signature Inn reveal about converting hotels into affordable seniors' housing.