: 5 Par er says
-Terraceview
h ousing idea

For Men, Women and Children

_ Terrace city council reacted
swiftly to a letter from premier
Rita Johnston that appeared to
shoot the Terrace Regional Health
Care Society’s supportive housing
concept out of the sky. Alderman
Ruth Hallock voiced "disappoint-
ment” at "the overtone of dis-
missal". and said, "This letter
echoes turndown." Alderman
’ Danny Sheridan observed, “It fell
through the cracks. It doesn’t fit in
either the health or housing
budgets."
~ Other city aldermen made similar
comments and after a short dis-
cussion they agreed unanimously
on a course of action. We
shouldn’t give up, they. said, and
the premier of the day, therefore,
has been invited to Terrace to have
a first-hand look at the concept.
The letter that caused the stir,
however, is confusing. In one
paragraph Johnston says: "Support-
ive housing, which promotes inde-
pendent living for seniors, is
endorsed in principle by both the
Ministry of Health and the Minis-
try of Social Services and Housing.
The Continuing Care Division,
Ministry of Health and the British
Columbia Housing Management
Commission (under the Ministry of
Social Services and Housing) have
undertaken a four-part study,
‘which should be completed during

this fiscal year. At that time, we
will be able to establish appropri-
ate guidelines for the involvement
of both Ministries."

That sounds almost positive, in
fact. But Johnston’s next paragraph
seems to contradict it. "Moreover,"
she writes, "while this does appear
to be a most worthwhile project,
the current economic climate, and
the resultant fiscal restraint being
required of all Ministries, pre-
cludes the availability of funding
for pilot projects at this time.”

Skeena MLA Dave Parker said in

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toria thal in spite of the bureau-
cratic letter drafted for the pre-
mier’s signature he’s optimistic
that the society’s supportive hous-
ing project will begin before the
end of the current fiscal year.

The problem in delivering, he
explains, is that the Terrace propo-
sal is the only one of it’s kind at
the present time and there is no
program in place to fund it. With
the high cost of keeping people in
Terraceview Lodge who could
easily live in much more cost-
effective supportive housing facil-
ity, however, the project makes a
lot of sense. For that reason, he
says, both ministries are working
on a policy and, says Parker, "I
have reason to believe the project
will be able to start before winter."

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