{"id":681076,"date":"2026-05-20T03:43:32","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T03:43:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/681076\/"},"modified":"2026-05-20T03:43:32","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T03:43:32","slug":"vancouver-sro-kept-open-for-2-tenants-and-last-tenant-refuses-to-move-bc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/681076\/","title":{"rendered":"Vancouver SRO kept open for 2 tenants and last tenant refuses to move &#8211; BC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\tDescrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tIncrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>A Vancouver <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/sro\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">SRO<\/a>, operated by Atira, which receives most of its funding from the B.C. government, was recently kept open for months for only two tenants.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/70c8fc80.png\" alt=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;width:1px;height:1px\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Now, the Gastown rooming house only has one tenant.<\/p>\n<p>Robert, who did not provide his last name, is the last tenant of the 140-room Colonial Hotel in Gastown.<\/p>\n<p>The building is now privately owned, and the government says that BC Housing has been working to find new homes for tenants, but Robert is refusing to move.<\/p>\n<p>Robert told Global News that he likes the building, but he has been offered many other places.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-video__image\" alt=\"Click to play video: 'BC Housing denies access to Luugat SRO'\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/web_still_6P_GRANVILLE_SRO_QUESTI_OM01TZSZ.png\" loading=\"lazy\"   data-\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t2:20<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBC Housing denies access to Luugat SRO\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\tMore on Politics<br \/>\n\t\t\tMore videos\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>B.C.\u2019s Minister of Housing said she could not provide how much the Colonial Hotel has cost taxpayers and who is now paying for it.<\/p>\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe work continues to support tenants in finding better housing, obviously, that doesn\u2019t happen in a flash,\u201d Christine Boyle said.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"170\" height=\"225\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/national.jpg\" alt=\"Get daily Canada news delivered to your inbox so you'll never miss the day's top stories.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tGet daily National news<\/p>\n<p>Get daily Canada news delivered to your inbox so you&#8217;ll never miss the day&#8217;s top stories.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBC Housing and the provider work one-on-one with tenants to find the right location that they can move to.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In a statement to Global News, Atira would not reveal how long the building has stayed open for two tenants or the cost.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAtira\u2019s agreement to operate the Colonial Hotel as an SRO ended on April 30, 2026,\u201d the organization said.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t&amp;copy 2026 Global News, a division of Corus Entertainment Inc.\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Descrease article font size Increase article font size A Vancouver SRO, operated by Atira, which receives most 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