When Diane Chandler found a unit in Surrey's Foxglove supportive housing building in 2023, the main thing her children hoped for was safety.

The 60-year-old had spent years battling depression and addiction, surviving on disability payments as she moved between temporary shelters and her car.

And the Foxglove — a multi-use building designed to house people living with complex mental health and substance use problems — came praised by municipal, provincial and federal politicians, including former…