Four recommendations given to BC Housing to improve space for women, children
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VICTORIA — B.C.’s auditor general says the provincial housing agency should ensure rooms it finds for women and children fleeing violence are held exclusively for their use.
In an audit of BC Housing’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, auditor general Michael Pickup says the Crown corporation did not have a process to ensure hotel and motel operators fulfilled their agreements for the space.
As a result, the audit found rooms leased by BC Housing at three hotels were rented out to others during the period that was assessed between April 1, 2020, and Sept. 30, 2021.
The recommendation is one of four made by Pickup, whose audit found that BC Housing “effectively managed” its program to provide additional safe spaces for women and children, but with “some exceptions.”
