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NEWS TOPIC

# housing

4 stories, newest first. Times are Pacific.

## Thursday, October 8

Election newsReported

### [BC Greens leader Emily Lowan says NDP rent claims overstate progress](https://voche.me/bc/provincial-2026/news/emily-lowan-bc-greens-rent-costs-october-2026)

BC Greens leader Emily Lowan says BC remains the most expensive province for rent and challenges the NDP housing minister's claim of a 4.5% rent decrease as misleading to tenants.

4:12 pm PT3 min read

## Monday, October 5

Election newsAnnouncement

### [BC Greens announce seniors plan with higher renter aid thresholds and more public long-term care](https://voche.me/bc/provincial-2026/news/bc-greens-seniors-plan-october-2026)

The BC Green Party published a seniors platform on October 4 and says it would raise housing aid thresholds for senior renters, apply rent controls to assisted living, and increase publicly funded long-term care beds.

8:30 pm PT2 min read

Election newsAnnouncement

### [BC Greens publish wealth tax plan, saying it would raise $22.2 billion in the first year](https://voche.me/bc/provincial-2026/news/bc-greens-fair-share-act-wealth-tax-october-2026)

Emily Lowan announced the Fair Share Act in Victoria on October 5, a BC Greens plan to tax net wealth above $50 million and use the money for childcare, transit, housing and debt reduction.

2:11 pm PT2 min read

## Wednesday, September 30

Election newsAnnouncement

### [BC Greens announce vacancy control and end to pet bans in rental housing plan](https://voche.me/bc/provincial-2026/news/bc-greens-vacancy-control-renters-2026)

BC Green Party leader Emily Lowan announced on September 29 that a Green government would tie rent increases to individual units rather than tenants, and end blanket no-pet clauses in rental housing.

4:06 pm PT2 min read

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