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Opinion: The path from couch-surfing to homelessness is a short and slippery one for youth exiting foster care

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For many youth aging out of foster care in B.C. , this isn’t just a nightmare — it’s their reality.

29 per cent cite a lack of safe housing as leading directly to their first experience of homelessness.

Housing is the lynchpin that can either stabilize their future or send them spiralling into crisis.

Without a dedicated youth housing strategy, young people in care are being pulled down a path to homelessness.

VR Score

71

Informative language

71

Neutral language

16

Article tone

informal

Language

English

Language complexity

54

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not offensive

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not hateful

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short-lived

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