Revelstoke, B.C., scrambles to create staff housing amid low-vacancy crunch

The tourism destination of Revelstoke, B.C., is scrambling to build micro-units and dorms for workers amid a housing crunch that’s left some people sleeping in their cars.

“Our frontline workers are stacking up, quite honestly, 17 deep in a three-bedroom house just out of necessity, are couch surfing or, in some cases, living out of the back of their hatchback for weeks at a time,” said Kevin Dorrius, general manager of Community Futures Revelstoke.

“At this point, our housing issues