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Slocan needs seniors housing

Seniors in the Slocan Valley are closer to finding out if there will be more affordable housing.

This after almost 630 residents aged fifty years and older responded to a needs survey put out by the Slocan Valley Seniors Housing Society.

Part of the results illustrated that 22% of respondents were planning a move in the next five years.

We asked Society President Rita Moir if that gave them enough time to build a facility?

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Moir says the existing affordable housing in the area is always full with a wait list.

The society could potentially build three fourplexes worth over a million dollars.

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