Dear Editor,
Re: “Letters special: Richmond News readers vent over modular housing,” Richmond-News.com, March 17
I do not live in the immediate neighborhood of the proposed temporary modular housing site but about a block down near the Lansdowne area.
Initially, I did not hold any particular opinion about the project as I agreed with the principle of helping the homeless. As the situation developed, I began to believe that the controversy was simply a ploy to shift blame for the housing crisis on the Chinese community.
I find it hard to believe that only those in favour of the project wrote to the Richmond News. I question whether this is a fair representation of the sentiment of Richmond residents.
Re: “Worlds collide for Richmond realtor couple,” News, March 24:
I sympathize with the plight of Mr. Dinnell’s brother-in-law. However, a cursory look on Dinnell Real Estate Group’s website shows multiple listings of single-detached houses priced in the range of $3 to $8 million. Naturally, I wonder whether Mr. Dinnell could have helped his brother-in-law more directly, given his financial success in real estate and a well-to-do lifestyle on his social media.
As a long-time reader of the News and a Chinese immigrant who actually lives in the area, pays his property taxes and has a mortgage, I wonder whether we are being scapegoated for a problem we did not cause.
Brock Bao
RICHMOND
