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This is the best summary I could come up with:
Keith Light, 77, says he spent New Year's Eve trying to get the engine of his recreational vehicle — outside a Walmart in East Vancouver — running to stay warm, while trying to imagine better times ahead.
He is among a large population of elderly people living in poverty or are on its brink in B.C., where perennially high housing costs exacerbate countrywide cost-of-living woes.
After selling it, relocating to Metro Vancouver and paying off debts, Light didn't have much left, so he bought the RV for $19,000 while living on a monthly pension of $1,900.
seniors say rising costs of living coupled with stagnant government retirement incomes are pushing more elders into poverty and homelessness.
Carole Fawcett, a 75-year-old retired counsellor and freelance writer from Vernon, B.C., says it is "bizarre" she gets less than someone working 40 hours a week on minimum wage.
Laura Kadowaki, program and operations co-ordinator with United Way B.C., said the study was inspired by frontline service providers who described seniors in dire situations.
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