Cost of living is top concern of region’s residents: Vital Signs

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Cost of living, housing and homelessness continue to be top issues in Greater Victoria.

Greater Victoria residents point to the high cost of food and housing as the single most important issue facing the region, a new report from the Victoria Foundation shows. The eighth edition of Victoria’s Vital Signs says the vast majority of respondents to an online survey reported feeling happy (89 per cent), supported (90 per cent) and satisfied with their work (78 per cent).

Read the article: Cost of living is top concern of region’s residents: Vital Signs survey

Source: Times Colonist

Author: Lindsay Kines

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