A family on the verge of homelessness shouldn鈥檛 need to call the media before they get the help they so desperately need.

But that鈥檚 what happened in the case of . Her family of three is days away from living on the streets after being evicted by the new owner of their basement suite.

Skyrocketing rent and low vacancy rates are a major part of the problem. But when you factor in 性视界传媒鈥檚 growing infill development, this city is losing affordable housing at a rate that would easily label this issue a crisis.

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And this crisis is putting immense pressure on our city鈥檚 services.

鈥淥ur shelter is full every night and we are turning people away,鈥� 性视界传媒 Urban Mission Society鈥檚 Michael Musgrove told the Now-Leader. 鈥淓very other shelter I know of is full as well.鈥�

We鈥檙e encouraged that when we told two of our local politicians 鈥� Vera LeFranc and Bruce Ralston 鈥� about Boggan鈥檚 plight, they both appeared to care deeply and seemed eager to help in any way they could.

This is what we should all expect of our elected officials, from all levels of government.

But clearly, something isn鈥檛 registering at the top.

This issue isn鈥檛 getting better. In fact, it鈥檚 getting worse.

People like Lesley Boggan need more than media exposure 鈥� they need homes.

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