The boom's toll

Monday, May 21 2007 @ 08:29 MDT

The trickle-down effect of the runaway housing market has a growing number of people, from all walks of life, finding themselves homeless, hopeless ... or both

EDMONTON - With two young children in tow, single mother Kelin Donnelly feels none of the hopefulness she's heard is important in the search for a place to live.

Donnelly is among 18 low-income adults attending a workshop on home-hunting at the Boyle Street Community Centre. The facilitator has just talked about the importance of confronting a crisis with optimism.

She sees no reason to be upbeat.

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