The old man, who says he is a grandfather, has been homeless for more than a year.
Turner added that the worst thing is being alone.
He told CTV News, “That hurts.” “Being alone all the time.”
He has lived in his car through cold winters and spent time in emergency shelters, which he calls “very depressing.”
He says that as he was moving between shelters, he almost missed a Christmas gift from his family in Halifax.
For for than two months, David Turner, 76, has been living, eating, and sleeping in his automobile.
David Turner, who is 76 years old, has been living, eating, and sleeping in his automobile for more than two months.
Turner, who lives in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, was also homeless in 2024.
In 2024, Turner from Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, was also homeless.
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Turner’s voice broke as he remembered the gift: “There was mail there from my two grandchildren in Halifax.”
“There was a Tim’s card and pictures of my grandkids, and that made me cry.”
“It was supposed to be Christmas,” he said, “but I got it and called it my birthday present.”
Turner said that the high cost of living in Canada was to blame for his sad position.
“The price of everything is just crazy,” claimed the 76-year-old.
“Seniors are having a hard time because of the high cost of living, rent, and the lack of affordable housing.”
Last year, officials in Prince Edward Island said in a report that the area is having trouble because its population is getting older and there is more need for senior living facilities and housing that is friendly to older people.
Turner indicated that the high expense of living in Canada was the reason for his problems.
The housing policy report also said that the area’s housing supply was “no longer keeping up” with its population increase, which has been the case in all Canadian provinces and territories for the past five years.
Turner claimed he had a pension, but it’s not enough to pay his rent.
He also said that he couldn’t live in senior housing because his pension was “over the cutoff limit.”
Turner first stayed at the Bedford MacDonald House, a 10-bed men’s shelter run by the Salvation Army that lets people stay for 21 days.
He “timed out” his stay two days before Christmas and relocated to the Park Street Emergency Shelter, which he thought was “unnerving.”
He remarked, “People have said that things have been taken from their things.”
He stated last year that a woman “a little younger than me” at the local outreach center gave him “fantastic help.”
Officials of Prince Edward Island noted that the area’s older population needed more housing alternatives for seniors.
Officials on Prince Edward Island indicated that the area’s older population needed more housing alternatives for seniors.
Turner argued that Canada was in a “housing crisis.”
Turner also took part in the Salvation Army breakfast program on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, which he described “tremendous.”
But he stated that Canada was in a “crisis” when it came to housing and that there was a “desperate” shortage of apartments.
Turner wants to find a new home quickly, but he said that other important payments might need to come before.
He said, “I’m doing everything I can to get rid of my debt as quickly as possible.”
“I have my other bills, my medications, and my car costs.”
(News Culled from The Daily Mail)
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