--- title: "RITE Richmond on housing | Richmond 2026 | voche.me" canonical_url: "https://voche.me/bc/richmond-2026/parties/rite-richmond/platform/housing" last_updated: "2026-10-31T17:02:48.424Z" meta: description: "RITE Richmond's home page promises \"bold action on the housing crisis\". Laura Gillanders' November 2025 post on its site proposes a Richmond housing author..." "og:description": "RITE Richmond's home page promises \"bold action on the housing crisis\". Laura Gillanders' November 2025 post on its site proposes a Richmond housing author..." "og:title": "RITE Richmond on housing | Richmond 2026" "twitter:description": "RITE Richmond's home page promises \"bold action on the housing crisis\". Laura Gillanders' November 2025 post on its site proposes a Richmond housing author..." "twitter:title": "RITE Richmond on housing | Richmond 2026" --- RITE Richmond · Richmond 2026 # A City housing authority, City land for affordable homes, and the temporary modular housing kept RITE Richmond's home page promises "bold action on the housing crisis". Laura Gillanders' November 2025 post on its site proposes a Richmond housing authority that would use City-owned land for rental and affordable homes and reinvest rents in new housing. In the Richmond News questionnaire, Wolfe and Gillanders both said yes to more City-owned land for affordable housing and to continuing the temporary modular housing contracts. [Compare all parties on this ](https://voche.me/bc/richmond-2026/parties/issues/housing) [All four issues](https://voche.me/bc/richmond-2026/parties/rite-richmond/platform) [**3**Candidates](https://voche.me/bc/richmond-2026/parties/rite-richmond/candidates) [**3/4**Issues with published policy](https://voche.me/bc/richmond-2026/parties/rite-richmond/platform) [**33**Sources on file](https://voche.me/bc/richmond-2026/parties/rite-richmond/money) **9**Questions answered HOUSING AND ZONING ## RITE Richmond on housing Gillanders' post of November 18, 2025 says she moved referrals to set up a housing office and a housing authority, that the housing office is now running, and that a housing authority could use City-owned land, control timelines, design and tenure mix, and reinvest rental and lease revenues in new housing. It says the details are still being worked out. Carol Day's page on the site says she has argued for purpose-built rental housing, a higher share of affordable and low-end market rental units in new developments, and the exploration of a municipal housing authority. It also says she worked to limit the size of large houses on farmland. In the Richmond News questionnaire of October 2026, Wolfe said the City should not lower fees for developers; Gillanders said it should. Both said the new small-scale multi-unit homes fit Richmond, with Gillanders saying the City kept restrictive heights and setbacks so they fit the neighbourhood. Both support more public consultation before major infrastructure decisions. 5 PUBLISHED COMMITMENTS ## What they say they will do - ### A Richmond housing authority Gillanders' post of November 18, 2025 proposes a housing authority that would use City-owned land for affordable and rental housing, control timelines, design and tenure mix, and reinvest rental and lease revenues in new housing. It gives no date and no cost. [RITE Richmond](https://riterichmond.com/richmond-votes-council-candidate-laura-gillanders-copy/) [RITE Richmond](https://riterichmond.com/carol-day/) - ### More City-owned land for affordable housing Wolfe and Gillanders both answered yes to the Richmond News question on allowing more City of Richmond-owned land to be used for affordable housing. [Richmond News](https://www.richmond-news.com/2026-civic-election/richmond-votes-city-council-candidate-michael-wolfe-12850293) [RITE Richmond](https://riterichmond.com/supports-for-at-risk-youth-reduce-drug-use-copy/) - ### Continue the temporary modular housing contracts Wolfe and Gillanders both answered yes to continuing the temporary modular housing contracts. The organization's toxic drug statement says the only power the City has is to provide land for housing programs run by the Province, and that refusing the land would make the situation worse. [Richmond News](https://www.richmond-news.com/2026-civic-election/richmond-votes-city-council-candidate-michael-wolfe-12850293) [RITE Richmond](https://riterichmond.com/supports-for-at-risk-youth-reduce-drug-use-copy/) [RITE Richmond](https://riterichmond.com/rite-toxic-drug-en/) - ### Purpose-built rental and a higher share of low-end market rental units Carol Day's page on the site says she has worked for purpose-built rental housing and for increasing the share of affordable and low-end market rental units in new developments. It names no target share. [RITE Richmond](https://riterichmond.com/carol-day/) - ### Limits on the size of houses on farmland Day's page says she worked to safeguard the Agricultural Land Reserve by reducing the size of large houses on farmland, and Gillanders' page says she is best known for her work on the same issue. Wolfe's page says he defends the reserve. None names a further change. [RITE Richmond](https://riterichmond.com/carol-day/) [RITE Richmond](https://riterichmond.com/laura-gillanders/) [RITE Richmond](https://riterichmond.com/michael-wolfe/) ### What is not published - The platform gives no number of homes, no cost and no date for the housing authority. - The organization's account of what the housing office does is its own. The City's affordable housing page lists a Housing Office; voche.me has not read a City report on its work. ## 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. 1. [Register of Elector Organizations by Jurisdiction, as of October 30, 2026 ](https://elections.bc.ca/docs/fin/List-of-elector-organizations-by-jurisdiction.pdf)Elections BC · published October 30, 2026 · checked October 30, 2026 2. [Elector organizations: registration and financial reporting ](https://elections.bc.ca/local-elections/elector-organizations/)Elections BC · checked October 30, 2026 3. [Financial Reports and Political Contributions System: local elections scanned reports search ](https://contributions.electionsbc.gov.bc.ca/pcs/LESearch.aspx)Elections BC · checked October 30, 2026 4. [Declaration of Election by Voting, September 21, 2026 ](https://www.richmond.ca/__shared/assets/Declaration_of_Election_by_Voting_-_September_21__202679778.pdf)City of Richmond · published September 21, 2026 · checked October 30, 2026 5. [Declaration of Official Election Results, October 21, 2026 ](https://www.richmond.ca/__shared/assets/2026_declaration_of_official_result79945.pdf)City of Richmond · published October 21, 2026 · checked October 30, 2026 6. [Council minutes, November 28, 2022 ](https://citycouncil.richmond.ca/agendas/archives/council/2022/112822_minutes.htm)City of Richmond · published November 28, 2022 · checked October 30, 2026 7. [Oval Performance and Forensic Audits ](https://www.richmond.ca/city-hall/news/2026/ovalaudits29jun2026.htm)City of Richmond · published June 29, 2026 · checked October 30, 2026 8. [Finding Affordable Housing ](https://www.richmond.ca/services/affordable-housing/FindingAffordableHousing.htm)City of Richmond · checked October 30, 2026 9. [RITE Richmond: home page ](https://riterichmond.com/)SAYS SO ITSELFRITE Richmond · checked October 30, 2026 10. [RITE Richmond: RITE Platform English ](https://riterichmond.com/platform-en/)SAYS SO ITSELFRITE Richmond · checked October 30, 2026 11. [RITE Richmond: statement on the toxic drug problem ](https://riterichmond.com/rite-toxic-drug-en/)SAYS SO ITSELFRITE Richmond · checked October 30, 2026 12. [RITE Richmond: About ](https://riterichmond.com/about/)SAYS SO ITSELFRITE Richmond · checked October 30, 2026 13. [RITE Richmond: History ](https://riterichmond.com/about/history/)SAYS SO ITSELFRITE Richmond · checked October 30, 2026 14. [RITE Richmond: Ethics ](https://riterichmond.com/about/ethics/)SAYS SO ITSELFRITE Richmond · checked October 30, 2026 15. [RITE Richmond: Election Spending ](https://riterichmond.com/about/election-spending/)SAYS SO ITSELFRITE Richmond · checked October 30, 2026 16. [RITE Richmond: Constitution ](https://riterichmond.com/about/constitution/)SAYS SO ITSELFRITE Richmond · checked October 30, 2026 17. [RITE Richmond: Carol Day ](https://riterichmond.com/carol-day/)SAYS SO ITSELFRITE Richmond · checked October 30, 2026 18. [RITE Richmond: Laura Gillanders ](https://riterichmond.com/laura-gillanders/)SAYS SO ITSELFRITE Richmond · checked October 30, 2026 19. [RITE Richmond: Michael Wolfe ](https://riterichmond.com/michael-wolfe/)SAYS SO ITSELFRITE Richmond · checked October 30, 2026 20. [Ways to make rental and market housing more affordable, by Laura Gillanders ](https://riterichmond.com/richmond-votes-council-candidate-laura-gillanders-copy/)SAYS SO ITSELFRITE Richmond · published November 18, 2025 · checked October 30, 2026 21. [Richmond Votes: Council candidate Laura Gillanders, questionnaire answers posted on RITE's site ](https://riterichmond.com/supports-for-at-risk-youth-reduce-drug-use-copy/)SAYS SO ITSELFRITE Richmond · published October 1, 2026 · checked October 30, 2026 22. [Our strength is in our diversity, by Carol Day ](https://riterichmond.com/our-strength-is-in-our-diversity/)SAYS SO ITSELFRITE Richmond · published October 7, 2026 · checked October 30, 2026 23. [Richmond Votes: City council candidate Michael Wolfe ](https://www.richmond-news.com/2026-civic-election/richmond-votes-city-council-candidate-michael-wolfe-12850293)Richmond News · published October 8, 2026 · checked October 30, 2026 24. [Richmond Votes: Newly formed slate Advance Richmond elects three councillors ](https://www.richmond-news.com/local-news/richmond-votes-advance-richmond-elects-three-councillors-12907463)Richmond News · published October 18, 2026 · checked October 30, 2026 25. [Richmond Votes: Municipal election turnout rises by 15K in 2026 ](https://www.richmond-news.com/2026-civic-election/richmond-bc-votes-municipal-election-turnout-rises-by-15k-in-2026-12911501)Richmond News · published October 19, 2026 · checked October 30, 2026 26. [Richmond Olympic Oval city subsidy capped at $2.5 million ](https://www.richmond-news.com/local-news/richmond-bc-olympic-oval-city-subsidy-capped-10952279)Richmond News · published July 16, 2025 · checked October 30, 2026 27. [Richmond looks for Oval board members after council rejects recommended directors ](https://www.richmond-news.com/local-news/richmond-looks-for-oval-board-members-after-council-rejects-recommended-directors-7580215)Richmond News · published September 21, 2023 · checked October 30, 2026 28. [Steveston waterfront could have more homes ](https://www.richmond-news.com/local-news/steveston-waterfront-could-have-more-homes-6148764)Richmond News · published November 23, 2022 · checked October 30, 2026 29. [RITE adds one more city councillor to roster ](https://www.richmond-news.com/2022-civic-election/rite-adds-one-more-city-councillor-to-roster-5962420)Richmond News · published October 16, 2022 · checked October 30, 2026 30. [RCA and RITE Richmond once again join forces ](https://www.richmond-news.com/2022-civic-election/rca-and-rite-richmond-once-again-join-forces-5872791)Richmond News · published September 26, 2022 · checked October 30, 2026 31. [Richmond Votes 2018: Election Results ](https://www.richmond-news.com/election-2018/richmond-votes-2018-election-results-1.23470081)Richmond News · published October 20, 2018 · checked October 30, 2026 32. [Community activist Carol Day and Olympian Loo win seats on Richmond council ](https://www.richmond-news.com/local-news/community-activist-carol-day-and-olympian-loo-win-seats-on-richmond-council-2989160)Richmond News · published November 14, 2014 · checked October 30, 2026 33. [Richmond election results in minimal change ](https://www.richmondsentinel.ca/article-detail/27708/richmond-election-results-in-minimal-change)Richmond Sentinel · published October 15, 2022 · checked October 30, 2026 ## Sitemap See the full [sitemap](/bc/richmond-2026/sitemap.md) for all pages.