Displaced Merritt residents to move into transitional housing

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The City of Merritt says in a statement that it used some of the $24 million it received from the province to buy 31 manufactured homes to provide temporary housing for its displaced residents.Start your day with a roundup of B.C.-focused news and opinion delivered straight to your inbox at 7 a.m., Monday to Friday.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc.

She says her family lost their four-bedroom home and all their furniture in the floods, forcing them to move into a motel, then a fifth wheel and finally into a one-bedroom apartment. The city says the “first of its kind” transitional evacuee manufactured home program offers subsidized or below-market, temporary, transitional rental accommodation from four to 24 months at a monthly cost of $1,300.Recommended from EditorialSupport our journalism:

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