'It's pretty awesome': CHEK viewers rush to help homeless Nanaimo senior fleeing violence

Posted: Sep. 9, 2023 6:11PMA smile lit up the face of 65-year-old Ruth in Nanaimo on Saturday, as offers of help flooded in.shared Ruth’s storyShe told CHEK News she had spent 30 days in a domestic violence shelter in Nanaimo, but could find no housing that she could afford on her minimal pension.“I feel like a zero. I’m just an ordinary person but I don’t have a place to go to,” Ruth told CHEK News Friday.

So the Nanaimo retiree is pleading for the provincial government to fund more rental supports and housing spaces for seniors fleeing domestic violence. Sign up for the CHEK Now daily email newsletter to get breaking news and the day's top stories sent to your email.“I felt compelled to reach out and offer this woman a home. A safe home,” said Jan Ferguson, a Comox Valley resident.

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