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title: "Annette Reilly elected to council, plans to end supportive housing ban and restore renter's office"
description: "Green Party of Vancouver councillor Annette Reilly received the second-most council votes in the October 17 election and told the Georgia Straight what she plans to do once in office."
canonical_url: "https://voche.me/news/annette-reilly-green-council-plans-october-20"
last_updated: "2026-10-21T00:29:48.688Z"
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[Annette Reilly](/candidates/annette-reilly) was elected to Vancouver City Council on October 17 with the second-most votes of any council candidate, behind only COPE's [Sean Orr](/candidates/sean-orr), the Georgia Straight reports.

Speaking at the Green Party of Vancouver's election night event, Reilly named three things she plans to do in office: end the ban on new supportive housing projects, reverse the ABC Vancouver majority's cuts to sex worker support, and restore what she called the renter's office. "Bring back the renter's office!" she told the Straight, before listing the other two items.

Reilly lost the 2025 byelection but ran again in 2026. She told the Straight she noticed a change during door knocking after the left-leaning parties agreed on [Pete Fry](/candidates/pete-fry) as their shared mayoral candidate. "There was something tangible out there that we could feel as a group," she said. Fry was elected mayor in the same election.

The Green Party elected every one of its candidates across city council, school board, and park board. The last result confirmed was [Bridget Burns](/candidates/bridget-burns), whose council seat came through late in the night when the final polls reported. When Burns's count was confirmed, the full slate of Green Party candidates had been elected across all three bodies. "It to me indicates that we've tapped into what Vancouver wants to see," Reilly told the Straight.

The new council has five Greens, four COPE members, one OneCity member, and one ABC Vancouver member, the Straight reports. Mike Klassen is the only ABC Vancouver member still on council, from a party that previously held a majority.

Reilly told the Straight she wants to look closely at where gaps exist in City services, and that she takes that responsibility to voters seriously.

You can follow how Reilly and the other elected councillors act on their commitments at [/tracker](/tracker).

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