Eric Redmond, ballot number 136 for City Council in Vancouver, Affordable Housing. Profile focus: A refreshed housing platform and jurisdiction checks.
This record covers Eric Redmond, ballot number 136 for Vancouver City Council in 2026, running under the Affordable Housing banner. Almost all of the material comes from the campaign's own website, so it is marked as the campaign's claim. The one earlier public test of support is the 2022 council result.
The score counts how complete and checkable the published plan on this issue is. Whether the plan would work is a separate question, left to the reader. Measured September 26, 2026. The same seven points apply to every candidate for this office.
Housing supply and rental rules5/10
2/2
A position in the candidate’s own words
“When I am elected, I will work with other like minded parties to immediately move forward with increased density across the portions of the city currently zoned for single family homes.”
The questionnaire has not been sent yet. No candidate has this point.
What this office controls. Council sets zoning, approves rezonings and development permits, and makes rental and tenant-protection bylaws under the Vancouver Charter. The province sets rent increase limits and tenancy law.
No position found by voche.me as of September 26, 2026.
0/2
Names a mechanism the office controls
No statement to read.
0/2
States a measurable target
No statement to read.
0/1
States a cost or funding source
No statement to read.
0/1
States a timeline
No statement to read.
0/1
A dated, sourced action on the issue
No dated public action on this issue found.
0/1
Answered the voche.me question on the issue
The questionnaire has not been sent yet. No candidate has this point.
What this office controls. Council funds shelter sites, street cleaning and city outreach, and decides where supportive housing is approved. Health services, treatment beds and drug policy are provincial and federal.
No position found by voche.me as of September 26, 2026.
0/2
Names a mechanism the office controls
No statement to read.
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States a measurable target
No statement to read.
0/1
States a cost or funding source
No statement to read.
0/1
States a timeline
No statement to read.
0/1
A dated, sourced action on the issue
No dated public action on this issue found.
0/1
Answered the voche.me question on the issue
The questionnaire has not been sent yet. No candidate has this point.
What this office controls. Council approves the police budget. The Vancouver Police Board, not Council, directs the police department. Fire and rescue services report to the city.
No position found by voche.me as of September 26, 2026.
0/2
Names a mechanism the office controls
No statement to read.
0/2
States a measurable target
No statement to read.
0/1
States a cost or funding source
No statement to read.
0/1
States a timeline
No statement to read.
0/1
A dated, sourced action on the issue
No dated public action on this issue found.
0/1
Answered the voche.me question on the issue
The questionnaire has not been sent yet. No candidate has this point.
What this office controls. The city owns and designs its streets, bike lanes, sidewalks and parking rules. Buses, SkyTrain and SeaBus are run by TransLink, a regional body the city does not control.
“By implementing an appreciation tax on the sale of land, we would encourage investors to place their capital in job producing industries, instead of pushing up the prices of parcels.”
“We will either work with the provincial government to create an appreciation tax, or use municipal development fees to capture increases in land value.”
The questionnaire has not been sent yet. No candidate has this point.
What this office controls. Council sets the property tax rate each year, approves the operating budget, and approves the multi-year capital plan that pays for buildings and infrastructure.
No position found by voche.me as of September 26, 2026.
0/2
Names a mechanism the office controls
No statement to read.
0/2
States a measurable target
No statement to read.
0/1
States a cost or funding source
No statement to read.
0/1
States a timeline
No statement to read.
0/1
A dated, sourced action on the issue
No dated public action on this issue found.
0/1
Answered the voche.me question on the issue
The questionnaire has not been sent yet. No candidate has this point.
What this office controls. Vancouver has its own building bylaw under the Vancouver Charter, so Council can set energy and emissions rules for new buildings that other BC cities cannot.
No position found by voche.me as of September 26, 2026.
0/2
Names a mechanism the office controls
No statement to read.
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States a measurable target
No statement to read.
0/1
States a cost or funding source
No statement to read.
0/1
States a timeline
No statement to read.
0/1
A dated, sourced action on the issue
No dated public action on this issue found.
0/1
Answered the voche.me question on the issue
The questionnaire has not been sent yet. No candidate has this point.
What this office controls. The city licenses venues and events, sets noise and business rules, and funds cultural grants and spaces. Liquor licensing is shared with the province.
No position found by voche.me as of September 26, 2026.
0/2
Names a mechanism the office controls
No statement to read.
0/2
States a measurable target
No statement to read.
0/1
States a cost or funding source
No statement to read.
0/1
States a timeline
No statement to read.
0/1
A dated, sourced action on the issue
No dated public action on this issue found.
0/1
Answered the voche.me question on the issue
The questionnaire has not been sent yet. No candidate has this point.
What this office controls. The city creates child care spaces through zoning, city-owned buildings and development contributions. Licensing, subsidies and operating funding are provincial.
No position found by voche.me as of September 26, 2026.
0/2
Names a mechanism the office controls
No statement to read.
0/2
States a measurable target
No statement to read.
0/1
States a cost or funding source
No statement to read.
0/1
States a timeline
No statement to read.
0/1
A dated, sourced action on the issue
No dated public action on this issue found.
0/1
Answered the voche.me question on the issue
The questionnaire has not been sent yet. No candidate has this point.
What this office controls. Council issues business licences, sets licence and permit fees, zones commercial and industrial land and approves business improvement areas under the Vancouver Charter. Employment law, sales taxes and income taxes are provincial and federal.
No position found by voche.me as of September 26, 2026.
0/2
Names a mechanism the office controls
No statement to read.
0/2
States a measurable target
No statement to read.
0/1
States a cost or funding source
No statement to read.
0/1
States a timeline
No statement to read.
0/1
A dated, sourced action on the issue
No dated public action on this issue found.
0/1
Answered the voche.me question on the issue
The questionnaire has not been sent yet. No candidate has this point.
What this office controls. Council, the Park Board and the Board of Education each set their own meeting rules, committees, public consultation and reporting. The Vancouver Charter and the School Act create the three bodies and set their powers, and only the Province can change those acts.
On dates without a confirmed appearance the public schedule is unknown; the candidate may still have activities that day. This static page changes only when its research is updated.
01 / Introduction
About Eric Redmond
Eric Redmond appears on the City of Vancouver's final 2026 candidate list for City Council, with ballot number 136. The City records the affiliation as Affordable Housing.
The campaign's "Meet Eric" page says Redmond is a civil engineer working in the municipal engineering sector, grew up in North Delta, graduated from the University of British Columbia, and has lived in Vancouver since 2004.
The same page says Redmond has worked in green energy development, volunteered overseas, and served in the Canadian Armed Forces, and that Redmond is a renter.
The campaign page says Redmond decided to run after returning from volunteering during the crisis in Ukraine.
Wikipedia's list of Vancouver municipal political parties records the Affordable Housing Coalition as founded in 2022 and names Redmond as its leader.
Elections BC's register of elector organizations, as of October 3, 2026, lists Redmond as both the authorized principal official and the financial agent of the Affordable Housing Coalition of Vancouver, whose ballot name is Affordable Housing.
Redmond ran for Vancouver council in 2022 and received 10,617 votes, or 6.19 percent, and was not elected.
Daily Hive's published ballot order for the 2026 election lists Redmond at number 136 under the label Affordable Housing.
voche.me assembled this profile from the official candidate list and the campaign material linked under Sources. The campaign has not been contacted, and no candidate-supplied content appears on this page.
Published positions and selected commitments, separated by election cycle. Status labels describe the evidence reviewed, not a numerical score or a complete audit of the platform. Council approval is different from delivery.
11 commitments shown · Checked Oct 3
2026 · HousingCampaign pledge
Rezone single family areas across the city
The platform says the city should upzone areas now zoned RS-1 for single family houses so that townhouses, row houses and low rise buildings can be built across the whole city rather than only on main streets.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The platform page sets out the policy and names Dunbar and Oakridge as examples. The page carries no date and uses 2022 figures in places, so it is not clear which campaign the text was written for.
What still needs checking
Has the campaign published a dated 2026 version of this platform, and what share of the city would it rezone?
The platform says a rental unit's price should rise only by inflation even when the tenant changes, so a landlord could not reset the rent for a new tenant.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The platform page explains the proposal. Rent rules sit in the provincial Residential Tenancy Act, and the page itself says many of these items need support from senior levels of government.
What still needs checking
What would a council actually be able to do here without a change in provincial law?
The platform says a tax should apply to the rise in land value above the 2022 assessment, charged when a lot is sold, to hold down land prices and pay for rental housing.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The platform page and the 2022 press release both describe the tax. The press release says the party would either work with the province to create it or use municipal development fees instead.
What still needs checking
Which of the two routes would be used, and has the province been approached?
Progressive property tax on the most expensive lots
The platform says the most valuable 20 percent of single family lots should pay an extra rate of property tax, with owners aged 55 and over able to defer the amount until the property is sold.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The platform page sets out the bracket idea and the deferral. It gives no rate and no revenue estimate.
What still needs checking
What rate would apply, and how much money would it raise?
The platform says upzoning for low rise buildings should come with a requirement that part of each project be homes with three or more bedrooms, so families can stay in the city.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The platform page states the requirement but gives no percentage.
What still needs checking
What share of units would have to be three bedrooms or larger?
The platform says the city should publish a set of pre-approved templates for townhouses, row houses and low rise walk ups, modelled on how the Vancouver Special was handled, so permits come back in days.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The platform page makes the comparison to the Vancouver Special and says such applications were often approved in three days. That historical claim is the campaign's own and is not sourced on the page.
What still needs checking
Is the three day figure supported by any city record?
The platform says that once land is zoned to build, the city should rely on architects and engineers, who carry professional liability and provincial regulation, to certify that designs meet code, instead of running further city reviews.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The platform page sets out the approach. It does not say which existing city reviews would be dropped.
What still needs checking
Which specific reviews would be removed, and does the Vancouver Charter allow it?
The platform says the city should fund and give incentives for new housing co-operatives, and that the Vancouver Affordable Housing Agency should lead construction of government rental housing, paid for from the land appreciation tax and the progressive property tax.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The platform page links the two taxes to this spending. It gives no target number of homes.
What still needs checking
How many homes would this build, and over what period?
Pay rewards for evidence of short term rental and empty home breaches
A 2022 campaign release says fines for short term rental breaches should rise, and that a person who brings evidence leading to a fine should receive one quarter of the fine. The release says the same reward would apply to the empty homes tax and to nothing else.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The release, dated September 23, 2022, sets out the proposal and compares it to Crime Stoppers and the Canada Revenue Agency tip line. It is a 2022 document that remains on the campaign site.
Right of return for displaced renters, and the right to pass it on
A 2022 campaign release says renters displaced by demolition or renovation should be able to return to the rebuilt building at their old rent, and should be able to transfer that right to another person, with the landlord unable to refuse without good reason.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The release, dated October 11, 2022, ties the idea to the Broadway Plan and says the protection should be extended city wide by bylaw. It is a 2022 document that remains on the campaign site.
What still needs checking
Is this still part of the 2026 offer, and would a city bylaw be able to set this?
Each entry below names its source. Campaign material is the candidate's own account. Nothing here is presented as a verified outcome unless the entry says so.
No reviewed entries have been added to this section yet. This is a research gap, not a finding about the candidate.
Recent appearances / Read and watch
Talks, interviews & statements
Read original statements and reporting, or open the publisher’s video. A summary of a speech is labelled separately from a full recording.
Statement
Reward payments for reporting short term rental and empty home breaches
In a campaign release, Redmond said the rule limiting short term rentals to a host's own home is easy to break and hard to enforce, and proposed paying a person who supplies evidence one quarter of any fine that follows.
Platform release calling for rezoning across single family areas
In a campaign release, Redmond said Vancouverites cannot afford the single family houses that cover most of the city and called for rezoning to allow townhouses, row houses and low rise buildings, saying the aim is the same whether it is called blanket rezoning or ending an apartment ban.
Right of return for renters displaced along the Broadway corridor
In a campaign release, Redmond said renters pushed out when low rise buildings are replaced should keep the right to come back at their old rent, and should be able to hand that right to someone else if life circumstances change.
Records are labelled by type, including official findings, civil proceedings and political disputes where applicable. Each entry identifies the response found in the sources and the latest status verified for this page.
No reviewed entries have been added to this section yet. This is a research gap, not a finding about the candidate.
News coverage / Original publishers
Read the reporting
A dated reading list from independent publishers. The headings below are voche.me summaries; follow each link for the original article, context and any corrections.
Reporting
CTV News
There are 130 names on Vancouver's municipal election ballot. Here's the order in which they'll appear
CTV News published the City's ballot order and lists Redmond at number 136 among the 56 council candidates. The list gives names and numbers only, with no party labels.
Vancouver's 2026 civic election candidate list is set: All 130 names in ballot order
The published ballot order lists Redmond at number 136 for council under the Affordable Housing label. The article reports 56 council candidates for 10 seats and 130 candidates in total.
Sources checked October 3, 2026. Official records establish decisions; campaign material establishes stated positions; reporting adds investigation and context. None alone establishes every claim.
Checked again on October 3, 2026. The campaign website, affordablehousingvancouver.ca, still shows the same Home, Meet Eric, Platform and News pages that voche.me read on September 26. The site builds its text in the visitor's browser, so voche.me read the text from the data the page carries. The Platform page has no date, the Home page still asks visitors to reach out 'after October 15th', which was the 2022 election date, and the newest News post is dated October 11, 2022. The City's candidate page links the party's Instagram account, @AHCVancouver; the six newest posts in its public preview are dated September 29 to October 14, 2022. The party's Facebook and X accounts showed only a sign-in page to automated reads, so nothing from them is used. VoteMate still shows no text from Redmond. voche.me found no 2026 interview, news story about Redmond, questionnaire answer or forum appearance. HUB Cycling's Vancouver survey sheet, Vote Palestine Vancouver's candidate list, the Women Transforming Cities pledge results, the Vancouver Food Justice Coalition page and the Wikipedia article on the 2026 election do not name him, and a CityHallWatch site search for Redmond returned no posts. The public directory of Engineers and Geoscientists BC refused automated reads (HTTP 403), so the campaign's statement that Redmond is a civil engineer is still unchecked; a person can search that directory by name. The City links Redmond's nomination papers from its candidate page, and voche.me has not read them. Two official records were added: Elections BC's register names Redmond as the party's principal official and financial agent, and Elections BC's list of 2022 candidates and parties that filed campaign finance reports late, or did not file, does not include Redmond or the Affordable Housing Coalition, while it does include other Vancouver candidates. Background facts confirmed on independent pages: Wikipedia's article on the 2022 Vancouver election gives Redmond 10,617 votes, 6.19 percent, and Wikipedia's list of Vancouver municipal parties names him as the party's leader, founded 2022. Redmond has never held elected office, so no Council minutes apply, and the list of past actions with an independent source stays empty.
Research status
What voche.me has checked
Evidence reviewed on October 3, 2026: the campaign website shows the same text as on September 26 and has no dated 2026 material.
Checks still to do: a dated 2026 statement from the campaign; the professional background, through the public directory of Engineers and Geoscientists BC; and which tax or tenancy changes need provincial action.
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.
Elections BC's register of elector organizations lists Redmond as the party's authorized principal official and financial agent. The City's candidate page lists no contact route for Redmond and links the party's Facebook, Instagram, X and website accounts.
03 / Background
Experience & community
2022 to 2026
Leader, Affordable Housing Coalition
Wikipedia's list of Vancouver municipal parties records Redmond as leader of the party, which was founded in 2022 and holds no elected seats. Redmond was the party's only council candidate in 2022.
Listed as of October 3, 2026
Authorized principal official and financial agent, Affordable Housing Coalition of Vancouver
Elections BC's register of elector organizations lists Redmond in both roles for the party. The financial agent is the person responsible for the party's campaign finance records and reports.
The campaign page states the role and the sector. It gives no employer and no start date.
04 / Questions & answers
Questions for the candidate
Proposed questions for a future interview. They have not been sent to the candidate, and no answers have been supplied.
Which proposals on your existing site remain part of your 2026 platform?
No response has been submitted.
Which of your proposals can council enact directly, and which require provincial, federal or regional agreement?
No response has been submitted.
Have your own question?
Ask Eric Redmond directly. We send it to the campaign, and publish the reply here if we get one.
05 / About this page
Questions about this page
Facts voche.me can state about Eric Redmond's page itself, answered directly rather than left blank.
Is this an official page for Eric Redmond?
No. This page is researched by voche.me from public sources, listed below, and is separate from Eric Redmond's own campaign.
What is Eric Redmond's ballot number for the 2026 Vancouver election?
Eric Redmond is number 136 on the City of Vancouver's official 2026 ballot for City Council.
What party did Eric Redmond run with?
Eric Redmond ran for City Council with Affordable Housing.
Does Eric Redmond currently hold public office?
Not according to this profile. voche.me has not listed a current public office for Eric Redmond.
How many sources does this Eric Redmond profile cite?
This profile lists 2 sourced references, each with the date voche.me checked it, in the Sources section below.
Has Eric Redmond filed nomination papers for the 2026 election?
voche.me has not yet added a nomination record for Eric Redmond. This does not mean no nomination paper was filed, only that voche.me has not completed that research yet.
Why do some questions on Eric Redmond's page show no answer?
The "Questions & answers" section on this page lists questions voche.me would put to Eric Redmond in a future interview. They have not been sent yet, so the page says plainly that no answer has been supplied instead of leaving the section blank.
When was the election Eric Redmond ran in?
The 2026 Vancouver municipal election, including the City Council race, was decided on October 17, 2026.
06 / Candidate contributions
Space for campaign updates
Research check of October 3, 2026
Read the City's candidate page through a reader service and added the party's Facebook, Instagram and X links that it lists. Added the Elections BC register entry that names Redmond as the party's principal official and financial agent, the CTV News ballot list, and the October 13 food systems town hall as an unconfirmed event. Corrected the first experience entry: Wikipedia records the party as founded in 2022, and the earlier text said registered. Marked the vacancy control pledge as needing another government, because the rent rules for a new tenant are set by the provincial Residential Tenancy Act. No calendar event was dated before October 3, so none was removed or turned into a talk.
