“I’ve lived in my car before and I don’t want to do it again,” Robin — not her real name — said in an interview on MondayShe was told she had to be out of Harrison Place by Tuesday. The transitional home is operated by Victoria Women’s Transition House , which put a three-year limit on how long people can live there.
“[Harrison Place staff] literally helped me pack my vehicle knowing I was going to sleep in my vehicle,” said Rhonda Savard, whose three years expired last September. Another former resident said she ended up living in a friend’s trailer last spring after spending three years at Harrison Place. “This is a ridiculously inefficient system,” Chaland said. “To actually be spending money on transition programs and the end outcome being people are homeless? That’s dumb.”BC Housing funds some VWTH programs. The government agency said it does not provide operational funding for Harrison Place and therefore is not responsible for choosing how long people can stay.