Sale of Lions Place housing complex considered elder abuse, says CCPA report – Winnipeg [Video]

A new report from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives says the sale of the Lions Place non-profit seniors housing complex to a for-profit organization can be classified as organizational elder abuse.

Residents were told in July 2022 that Lions Housing Centres could no longer afford to maintain the home and would be looking for a private-sector buyer.

What followed was several months of meetings and rallies as residents worried about what the sale would mean for their future living arrangements and how much their rent would go up.

The report says that the “process of the sale traumatized many tenants and disrupted their community in significant ways. This can be described from a gerontological perspective as a form of organizational elder abuse.”

“Many participants detailed how they believed the announcement and finalization of the sale affected their well-being, including: sleep disruptions, shingles, increased blood pressure, depression/apathy, anxiety, headaches, and …