Mothers in recovery are reuniting with their children, thanks to housing designed to help

Leaping through the courtyard of her new home in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside, 10-year-old Serenity shows off all the things she likes about the place. 

She bounces a basketball, turns a cartwheel, points to the cubby where she puts her bookbag at the after-school program. 

But when asked about why she likes living here, she brings up something else entirely — her mom. 

“I really love her, I was born with her,” she said. 

“It was kind of sad not having her when I was living with my grandma. I’m way more happy because I’m living with my actual parent.” 

Serenity’s mom, Katy, is a recovering drug addict. When Serenity was seven she was

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