This record covers Jarrett Hagglund, ballot number 100, running for Vancouver City Council with OneCity Vancouver in the October 17, 2026 election. It sets out what the campaign says, what news reporting says, and what one published opinion piece by Hagglund proposes.
4 upcoming public events were found in the sources checked on September 22, 2026. An event being scheduled does not mean this candidate will attend. Attendance is marked separately.
Checked September 22, 2026 · All event times are Vancouver local time. Recheck the organizer before travelling.
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01 / Introduction
About Jarrett Hagglund
Jarrett Hagglund appears on the City of Vancouver's final 2026 candidate list for City Council, with ballot number 100. The City records the affiliation as OneCity.
The campaign says Hagglund works on co-op housing with the Co-operative Housing Federation of BC. The page describes Hagglund as an advocate for artists and a leader in the queer community.
The OneCity candidate page describes Hagglund as an affordable housing advocate, an advocate for artists and a leader in the queer community, and says Hagglund works with the Co-operative Housing Federation of BC.
OneCity's team page gives Hagglund the one line description "the affordable housing champion fighting to make Vancouver a city where people can afford to stay".
Daily Hive reported that Hagglund is managing director of the Co-operative Housing Federation of BC.
Daily Hive reported that Hagglund's earlier work includes staff roles with former premier John Horgan and former B.C. environment minister George Heyman.
The byline on a January 2026 Daily Hive opinion piece describes Hagglund as a Vancouver based housing advocate and vice-president of DMS Vancouver, which the byline calls a long-standing 2SLGBTQ2+ community organization.
Daily Hive's ballot order list records Hagglund at number 100 on the City Council ballot, under the OneCity Vancouver banner.
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.
5 commitments shown · Checked Sep 22
2026 · HousingCampaign pledge
Permanently affordable homes
The campaign page says Hagglund is running to make Vancouver homes permanently affordable for the people who live and work in the city.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The campaign page states the goal. It does not name a programme, a number of homes, a budget or a timeline.
What still needs checking
Which council powers Hagglund would use, and how many homes the plan would produce by what date.
Women Transforming Cities lists Hagglund among the candidates who signed its Our City Hall Pledge, which asks council candidates to back six community priorities including more non-market housing, longer library hours and more public washrooms.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The organisation's page names Hagglund as a signer. It does not publish separate wording from Hagglund on each of the six asks.
What still needs checking
What money and what council decisions Hagglund would put behind each of the six asks.
In a January 2026 opinion piece, Hagglund asked the city for three things: a clear path for event organisers to run venues legally, enforcement that separates real safety risks from paperwork problems, and direct meetings between event organisers and enforcement staff.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The opinion piece sets out the three asks in Hagglund's own words. It was published in January 2026, four months before OneCity confirmed the nomination, and the campaign page does not repeat these asks.
What still needs checking
Whether Hagglund brings these three asks forward as a council motion, and whether the campaign adopts them.
OneCity's platform, announced in August 2026, would reverse the allowance for natural gas in new low rise homes, restore the zero emission heating requirement, start a public rooftop solar programme on city buildings, and install cooling and air filtration in about 500 high risk homes at a stated municipal cost of $4 million to $7.5 million.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
This is the party's platform. Daily Hive's report quotes mayoral candidate William Azaroff and does not quote Hagglund on any part of it.
What still needs checking
Whether Hagglund has stated a position on the natural gas rules and the solar programme.
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
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Statement
Opinion piece on fire code enforcement and Vancouver music events
Writing in Daily Hive, Hagglund argued that strict fire code enforcement against informal music venues pushes events out of sight and makes them less safe, and asked for a legal path for organisers, proportionate enforcement and direct talks between organisers and enforcement staff.
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
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Reporting
Daily Hive
Four OneCity party hopefuls form 'Builders' slate for Vancouver City Council race
Kenneth Chan reported that Hagglund, Frances Bula, Iona Bonamis and Mike Tan would run together as the OneCity Builders. The article quotes Bula and Bonamis and carries no quote from Hagglund.
OneCity Vancouver announces council, school board, and park board candidates
Nathan Caddell reported that OneCity members nominated Hagglund for council alongside Iona Bonamis, Frances Bula, Caitlin Stockwell and sitting councillor Lucy Maloney.
OneCity confirms 13 candidates for Vancouver civic election, including Frances Bula
Kenneth Chan listed OneCity's full slate across council, park board and school board, and gave Hagglund's job title and earlier provincial government work.
Sources checked September 22, 2026. Official records establish decisions; campaign material establishes stated positions; reporting adds investigation and context. None alone establishes every claim.
The job title of managing director at the Co-operative Housing Federation of BC rests on Daily Hive reporting. A staff profile for Hagglund on the federation's own website could not be opened. The vice-president role at DMS Vancouver appears only in the byline Hagglund supplied to Daily Hive. The Dogwood Monarchist Society's public executive board page lists its officers under other names and does not list Hagglund, so that role is recorded here as a self-description only. No interview, debate report, election result or public vote record for Hagglund was found. No accountability record of any kind was found.
Research status
What voche.me has checked
Evidence reviewed on September 22, 2026: Current campaign material; biographical claims require corroboration.
Campaign page read on September 22, 2026. 1 stated position and 2 background facts recorded here, each checked against a quotation from that page.
Checks still to do: Confirm employment and project responsibilities with the named housing organization.
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.
03 / Background
Experience & community
As of 2026
Managing director, Co-operative Housing Federation of BC
Daily Hive reported this title in April and May 2026. The reports do not say when the role started or what the day to day work involves.
Daily Hive reported work for former premier John Horgan and for former environment minister George Heyman. The report gives no years and no job titles.
Daily Hive reported in April 2026 that Hagglund joined Frances Bula, Iona Bonamis and Mike Tan in a four person group called the OneCity Builders, and in May 2026 that OneCity confirmed Hagglund as one of its council candidates.