A homeless woman says she’s struggling to find a place to live because of the way Newfoundland and Labrador Housing and the province’s income support program are structured.
Jaime Ryan says she’s been scouring the rental listings on Facebook, and has even had some success. But because it takes two weeks or longer for the province to pay landlords the damage deposit and first month’s rent, Ryan says she’s been passed over in favour of other tenants.
“I’m after losing four apartments, plus a room that I could could have rented,” Ryan said.
“There’s no landlord out there that’s going to commit to signing a lease to you when you got 499 people behind you with cash in hand.”
The rental …