Immigrant Services Society of B.C. and Fayzeh Ramadan

Lougheed Town Centre: Fayzeh Ramadan, a widow, and her five children, aged 15 to 26 including two daughters with disabilities, had been living in a motel unit in east Vancouver since early February, according to CBC. On Monday, they moved into a bright 3-bedroom apartment near Lougheed Town Centre, which the Immigrant Services Society of B.C. helped them secure. Some Syrian refugees fed up after months in temporary housing The unusual arrangement raises questions about the adequacy of supports for government-assisted refugees, especially those with special needs. Through an interpreter, Ramadan said her family is "very happy and delighted" to finally have a permanent home. "We've finished this house thing, the searching. The family had been offered several previous housing options, but turned them down because the bathrooms were too small to bathe the young women, who are partially paralyzed. We are very tired, but tomorrow we will be more relaxed, for good," she said, smiling. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.