Hotel at centre of tug of war amid Salt Spring housing crisis

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BC Housing has been renting the hotel’s rooms since the start of COVID, but the deal expires Dec. 31, and hotel owner has decided to sell.

But the Island’s only hospital, Lady Minto, wants the Seabreeze to house its staff, as it struggles to fill 31 vacant positions — everything from cleaning staff and cooks to technicians and nurses — on an island where vacant housing is “simply non-existent.”

“It’s at a tipping point in terms of staff,” said Roberta Martell, executive director of the Lady Minto Hospital Foundation. “A person ends their shift and there’s no one to take over. Some stay. Some come in on their days off. But there’s burnout and some quit and that should be a concern for everyone on Salt Spring Island.”

She said the foundation has been meeting with B.C. Housing, Community Services, politicians and Islands Trust representatives about what role it could play in transitioning the Seabreeze.

 

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The optics on this is terrible for the Lady Minto Hospital. They are kicking vulnerable people out on the street. These people also work in the community. They provide the services, stack shelves and work in service jobs and do not earn enough to afford our greedy rental prices.

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