In an RV outside a B.C. Walmart, a senior dreams of housing
A large population of elderly people are living in or are on the brink of poverty in British Columbia, where perennially high housing costs exacerbate countrywide cost-of-living woes.
![In an RV outside a B.C. Walmart, a senior dreams of housing](https://i.cbc.ca/1.7097150.1706389665!/cpImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/seniors-poverty-20240127.jpg)
![Keith Light Is pictured outside of his RV in Vancouver on Friday Jan. 19, 2024. An old man wearing a red jacket poses outside an RV in snowy conditions.](https://i.cbc.ca/1.7097150.1706389665!/cpImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/seniors-poverty-20240127.jpg)
A large population of elderly people are living in or are on the brink of poverty in British Columbia, where perennially high housing costs exacerbate countrywide cost-of-living woes.