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Luke Brown is living at the Kelowna International Hostel and has been for the past three months. He stayed at the hostel after moving from Australia and worked at a local hotel for the summer.
Now, he香蕉视频直播檚 ready to get out of his current living quarters with a change for the winter. Brown and five of his friends have been searching for housing at Big White since he arrived. He said he has been combing through various websites, searching for places on Kijiji, Facebook, among others.
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So far, he has applied for roughly 40 places, he said, and after completing a few rental agreements, he heard nothing back from the would-be landlords.
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Before moving to Kelowna, Brown was unaware of the difficult housing situation in Kelowna and at Big White.
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Big White Ski Resort is in the middle of building new staff accommodations in the Black Forest area, the resort said in a release.
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