Teresa Chhina helps vulnerable people find affordable housing. Now, she’s struggling to find something for herself. Chhina, 53, has been without a home since March this year when her New Westminster, B.C., apartment burned down.
Since then, she says she’s struggled to find a new apartment for herself, her 21-year-old daughter and their 13-year-old cat.
The three now live apart with her daughter looking for her own place, the cat staying with Chhina’s son, and Chhina resorting to sleeping in her car or relying on the kindness of friends to lend their couch.
“I make just under $70,000 a year, and I haven’t been able to find a place … I work full
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