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Months after displacement, Kelowna tenants feel forgotten as UBC construction continues [Video]

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As people gather with family and friends over the holidays, some tenants of a subsidized housing building in Kelowna, B.C., say they have been scattered and forgotten after their homes were deemed unsafe due to ground settling linked to a UBC Okanagan construction site just metres away. 

When Hadgraft Wilson Place opened 18 months ago, it was intended as a permanent home for individuals with low incomes and physical or mental disabilities.

It is owned and operated by Pathways Abilities Society, a non-profit organization that supports people with diverse needs.

Now, the five-story building stands fenced off and empty, showing visible cracks in its walls inside and out, after Kelowna’s fire chief ordered an evacuation and deemed it unsafe to live in. 

The damage began appearing in …

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