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When home is a small motel room
After Barbara Hilenski and her family were evicted from a Vancouver apartment complex in May, their world shrank down to one room — a motel room. First, they stayed at a Quality Inn. Then they moved...
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Single mother of four keeps hoping, seeking a way out of the basement
Kaylin Tompkins may have found her way out of the basement. During her third day at a new job on Tuesday, she heard about an income-restricted apartment complex that might have a vacancy for her and...
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‘Even though we’re homeless, we don’t stop living’
On an early November morning, light seeps into the gymnasium. The fluorescent lights are humming, slowly warming up as Donna Pinaula tries to get her 7-year-old son dressed. Johnny Pinaula doesn’t want...
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Families in search of secure housing face ‘vicious cycle’
Kaylin Tompkins sits cross-legged on the carpet surrounded by her four children. She tickles them, cuddles them and asks them questions in that high-pitched mom voice reserved for little ones. Karly,...
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