Rising Food and housing insecurity on Cortes Island
Roy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - Cortes Island's most economically challenged residents appear to be facing another bleak winter this year. Filipe Figueira, Coordinator of the Cortes Island Food Bank, explained, “We’ve definitely seen a huge rise in general economic distress over the last couple of years. I think that covers two key areas. One is food insecurity, the other one is housing insecurity, which feeds into economic insecurity as well.” “In terms of food insecurity, we all know prices have increased significantly over the last few years. I don’t think the reported cost of living index…
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