Candidate for Vancouver City Council.
Bhavna Solecki, ballot number 115 for City Council in Vancouver, Vote Vancouver. Profile focus: Housing and services for older residents.
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This record covers Bhavna Solecki, candidate number 115 for Vancouver City Council with Vote Vancouver. It draws on the campaign page and on Vancouver Sun reporting from 2024 and 2025 in which Solecki spoke for tenants of a Kerrisdale rental building.
No public appearance by this candidate was confirmed in the sources checked on September 22, 2026. The voting dates below apply to every voter. An empty day is a gap in the research, not proof that nothing is happening.
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Bhavna Solecki appears on the City of Vancouver's final 2026 candidate list for City Council, with ballot number 115. The City records the affiliation as Vote Vancouver.
The campaign describes Solecki as an entrepreneur, clinical researcher and community leader with decades of experience in business. The page says Solecki worked through Health Canada and FDA rules, the approval systems for health products in Canada and the United States, for several companies.
The Vote Vancouver candidate page describes Solecki as an entrepreneur, clinical researcher and community leader who has built businesses, written licensing and partnership agreements for publicly traded companies, and worked through Health Canada and United States Food and Drug Administration approval processes.
The campaign page says Solecki has volunteered with non-profit organisations and has advocated for affordable housing for seniors.
The Vancouver Sun reported on July 20, 2024 that Solecki had lived in a Kerrisdale apartment building for 15 years, and reported on August 27, 2024 that the period was almost 16 years.
The Vancouver Sun reported that Solecki was one of several residents who spoke to Vancouver city council at the July 9, 2024 public hearing about the building's condition and the owner's record.
Daily Hive reported on May 25, 2026 that Vote Vancouver had endorsed Solecki as a council candidate, describing Solecki as a scientific researcher and seniors' advocate.
Daily Hive published the full ballot order on September 22, 2026, listing Solecki at number 115 for council with Vote Vancouver.
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5 commitments shown · Checked Sep 22
Bring in community programs that let residents age in place.
Keep council engaged in enforcing maintenance conditions on landlords after a rezoning is approved.
Vote Vancouver, the party Solecki is running with, says it will support seniors aging in place, back naturally occurring retirement communities, and replace single-room occupancy buildings with supportive housing.
The campaign says Solecki wants to bring city programs that help older residents stay in their own homes as they age.
The page says Solecki has volunteered with non-profit groups and has argued for affordable housing for seniors.
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After Solecki and other tenants spoke at the July 9, 2024 public hearing about the owner's maintenance record, council adjourned the final decision and asked staff to write extra conditions that the owner would have to meet before the new development could proceed. Council approved the rezoning with those conditions on July 23, 2024.
Solecki was one of the residents who spoke, and is not a council member, so the decision belongs to the councillors who voted for it. The Vancouver Sun reported in August 2024 that repairs were still outstanding a month after approval.
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Quoted in a Vancouver Sun column about a second tower planned for the block, Solecki said the city calls itself the greenest city while removing the smallest green spaces, and called the gardens the lungs of the neighbourhood.
Solecki told the Vancouver Sun that tenants, most of them seniors, were wearing extra layers indoors after weeks without working heat, said the situation was inhumane, and said tenants were frustrated with the city over the lack of action.
Solecki said in a written statement that council must stay engaged with the tenants' situation to make sure maintenance is properly enforced, and that oversight is needed in the process.
Solecki described how the building was run before it changed hands in 2020, said contractors were not carrying out repairs, said as many as nine units stood empty, and pointed to rents of $3,240 a month for a one-bedroom and $5,100 a month for a three-bedroom unit at another building owned by the same company.
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A column on a second tower planned for a Kerrisdale block quoted Solecki on the loss of small gardens.
A follow-up column reported that heat returned to the Kerrisdale building the day the earlier story ran, with Solecki calling it a relief for many residents.
Reporting on weeks without working heat in a Kerrisdale building, built around interviews with Solecki and other residents, and setting out the July 2024 council decisions on the site.
Coverage of the rezoning decision and its effect on senior tenants, including a written statement from Solecki asking council to stay engaged on enforcement.
Reporting on tenants asking the city to require repairs before approving more development, with Solecki as the main tenant voice.
Vote Vancouver endorsed a mayoral candidate and eight others. Solecki was named as a council candidate and described as a scientific researcher and seniors' advocate.
Sources checked September 22, 2026. Official records establish decisions; campaign material establishes stated positions; reporting adds investigation and context. None alone establishes every claim.
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Daily Hive · May 25, 2026
Vancouver Sun · July 20, 2024
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Vancouver Sun · August 27, 2024
Vancouver Sun · August 29, 2024
Vancouver Sun · July 4, 2025
No independent source confirms the business and regulatory career described on the party page, and no company names, education or dates are published there. The building's street address appears in the news reports but is left out here because it is a home address. No reporting on the Solecki council campaign was found beyond the party announcement and the ballot list, and no record was found of any earlier run for office. No candidate forum or campaign event naming Solecki was found for the period after September 22, 2026.
Evidence reviewed on September 22, 2026: Current campaign material; biographical claims require corroboration.
Campaign page read on September 22, 2026. 2 stated positions and 2 background facts recorded here, each checked against a quotation from that page.
Checks still to do: Verify organizational experience and obtain an implementation and funding proposal.
The ballot name, office, ballot number and party label come from the City's final candidate list. Everything described as campaign material is the campaign's own account and has not been confirmed by an independent source.
Vancouver Sun reporting over this period shows Solecki speaking for tenants of a Kerrisdale building owned by Larco Investments, raising a failing boiler, stalled repairs and empty units, writing to councillors, and objecting to a rezoning that would add a second tower on the block. The Sun reported that more than 65 percent of the residents were seniors, according to Solecki.
Track record cited: Tenants fed up with developer want Vancouver to order buildings fixed before more rezoningProposed questions for a future interview. They have not been sent to the candidate, and no answers have been supplied.
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