Afghans languish in hotel rooms while Ukrainian refugees are quickly settled: advocate yyc
There’s far more willingness in Calgary to offer rental accommodation or temporary housing for Ukrainian refugees than there is for those from Afghanistan, said Anila Lee Yuen, CEO of the Centre for Newcomers.Sign up to receive daily headline news from the Calgary Herald, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc.
She also said that because the federal government is working with only one organization in Calgary to settle those refugees — the Calgary Catholic Immigration Society — there’s a backlog of them in two Calgary hotels being used to temporarily accommodate them. Some of the families have been living in those hotels for several months, say advocates and the refugees themselves.Article content
In contrast, Lee Yuen said her agency and about 20 others that form the Calgary Newcomers Collaborative have been able to work effectively in helping settle those fleeing the war in Ukraine.“We’re really advocating for more than one organization to help . . . If the Calgary Newcomers Collaborative were able to work with them, none of them would be held up in a hotel.
According to Rentals.ca data, Calgary ranked 22nd in Canada for average rental costs, but those have risen the most over the past year with a one-bedroom suite pegged at $1,597 in September — an increase of nearly 30 per cent.Even so, there are also challenges facing Ukrainian newcomers, who aren’t classified as refugees but as temporary residents whose lump sum benefit of a few thousand dollars doesn’t go far in an increasingly pricey rental market, said Lee Yuen.
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