BC Green Party on housing
What BC Green Party has published about housing supply and rental rules, and what it has not.
HOUSING SUPPLY AND RENTAL RULES
BC Green Party on housing
The BC Green Party says it would build and protect 26,000 permanently affordable, non-market homes a year, and make it easier and faster to build all forms of housing.
On 2026-09-29 the party published a plan for renters. It says it would bring back vacancy control, which ties the allowed rent increase to the home instead of the tenant, so a landlord could not raise the rent each time a tenant moves out. The party says yearly increases would still be set by the Residential Tenancy Branch.
The party blames the BC NDP government for cancelling the Community Housing Fund and says it would restart that fund on day one.
The party’s Our Plan page, read on 2026-09-30, says its full platform is still to come.
8 PUBLISHED COMMITMENTS
What they say they will do
Restart the Community Housing Fund and the Indigenous Housing Fund
The party says it would immediately restart both funds, with a goal of building and protecting 26,000 housing units a year.
- Who has the power
- The provincial government funds these programs through BC Housing and the provincial budget.
Vacancy control on rents
Rent increases would be tied to the rental unit, so a new tenant would pay the same rent as the one before, plus the allowed yearly increase.
- Who has the power
- A change to the Residential Tenancy Act, passed by the legislature.
End blanket no-pet clauses in rental contracts
The party would amend the Residential Tenancy Act to prohibit blanket no-pets clauses and write guidelines on pets in rentals instead.
- Who has the power
- A change to the Residential Tenancy Act, passed by the legislature.
Protect 2,000 low-rent homes each year
The party would add money and support to the Rental Protection Fund so that 2,000 deeply affordable rental homes are protected each year.
- Who has the power
- A provincial budget decision.
More direct rent help
The party would increase support through the Rental Assistance Program and the Shelter Aid for Elderly Renters program for renters who cannot afford market rents.
- Who has the power
- Provincial rent support programs.
A rent review when local rents fall
Renters could ask the Residential Tenancy Branch for a yearly rent review when market rents in their city are going down.
- Who has the power
- The province runs the Residential Tenancy Branch.
Deposits held by the Residential Tenancy Branch
The branch would collect and hold damage deposits, and would publish the rent data it gathers this way.
- Who has the power
- A change to provincial tenancy law.
Housing designed by Indigenous communities
The party would fund Indigenous-led complex care housing, with rent supplements set aside for Indigenous people and run with guidance from Indigenous organizations.
What is not published
- The party gives no cost and no year-by-year schedule for the housing plan.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Questions about this
What is vacancy control?
It is a rule that ties the allowed rent increase to the home. Today in BC, rent increases are limited while a tenant stays, but a landlord can set a new rent when the tenant leaves. The BC Green Party says it would end that gap.
Sources
A source marked SAYS SO ITSELF is the party's own material. It proves what the party claims, not that the claim is true.
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- Voting records by member, 2026 session, surnames starting with B (Rob Botterell) Legislative Assembly of British Columbia · checked
- Voting records by member, 2026 session, surnames starting with V (Jeremy Valeriote) Legislative Assembly of British Columbia · checked
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- BC Green Party home page SAYS SO ITSELFBC Green Party · checked
- Our Plan for British Columbia SAYS SO ITSELFBC Green Party · checked
- About us SAYS SO ITSELFBC Green Party · checked
- Your candidates SAYS SO ITSELFBC Green Party · checked
- Our 2024 platform SAYS SO ITSELFBC Green Party · checked
- BC Greens announce plan to support renters, unveil two new candidates for South Island SAYS SO ITSELFBC Green Party · published · checked
- BC Greens announce plan to lift the freeze on $10-a-day daycare, with universal free child care by 2031 SAYS SO ITSELFBC Green Party · published · checked
- BC Greens' statement on National Day for Truth and Reconciliation SAYS SO ITSELFBC Green Party · published · checked
- Statement from Emily Lowan on LNG Canada Phase 2 SAYS SO ITSELFBC Green Party · published · checked
- Emily Lowan announces election plans SAYS SO ITSELFBC Green Party · published · checked
- BC Greens' statement on snap election SAYS SO ITSELFBC Green Party · published · checked
- BC NDP promised 50% royalty rate, settle for 14% SAYS SO ITSELFBC Green Party · published · checked
- BC Greens calls on Auditor General to investigate lost gas royalties and pause new royalty framework SAYS SO ITSELFBC Green Party · published · checked
- B.C. Health Minister choosing politics over public health, say BC Greens SAYS SO ITSELFBC Green Party · published · checked
- Leader's statement: wildfires are an emergency SAYS SO ITSELFBC Green Party · published · checked
- Inter-governmental Rail Alliance meets at UBCM to save CN Rail line SAYS SO ITSELFBC Green Party · published · checked
- BC Greens strengthen leadership team with Mike Hudema SAYS SO ITSELFBC Green Party · published · checked
- B.C. Green Party votes in climate activist Emily Lowan as new leader CBC News (The Canadian Press) · published · checked
- Meet the party leaders running in B.C.'s provincial election CBC News (The Canadian Press) · published · checked
- B.C. Greens Leader Lowan to run in Saanich North and the Islands Black Press Media (Vernon Morning Star) · published · checked
- BC Greens leader Emily Lowan to run in Saanich North and the Islands Victoria Buzz · published · checked
- B.C. Greens pull out of governing accord with B.C. NDP CBC News · published · checked
- BC Green Party says it won't renew co-operation agreement with BC NDP Global News · published · checked
- B.C. NDP and B.C. Greens announce co-operation agreement CBC News · published · checked
- A look back at the birth of the B.C. Green Party CBC News · published · checked
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- BC Greens focus on renters and childcare as NDP and Conservatives roll out economic plans Victoria Buzz · published · checked
- BC Greens announce new candidate for Victoria-Swan Lake, childcare plans Black Press Media (Sooke News Mirror) · published · checked