‘Completely ridiculous’: $547,000 in B.C. government funding for 2 tenants in Vancouver SRO

Vancouver’s mayor is calling for change after Global News revealed the operator of a provincially funded SRO received more than half a million dollars in the final months when two tenants remained, while there are renewed questions about how non-profit organizations are spending the millions in taxpayer money funneled into the Downtown Eastside every year. From at least late March to mid-May, there were only two tenants at the Colonial Hotel at 122 Water Street in Gastown, as the SRO operated by Atira prepared to close. The non-profit received $325,000 from BC Housing to run the Colonial Hotel…