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title: "Bligh lays out housing, transit and public safety positions in Daily Hive interview"
description: "The Vote Vancouver mayoral candidate told Daily Hive she would build affordable homes on city land, extend free transit to youth under 18, and drop the public safety plebiscite."
canonical_url: "https://voche.me/news/bligh-platform-interview-october-7"
last_updated: "2026-10-10T04:01:11.820Z"
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Vancouver city councillor Rebecca Bligh told Daily Hive on October 7 that she would build permanently affordable homes for middle-income earners on city-owned land, extend free transit to youth under 18, and remove the public safety plebiscite from the city's agenda if elected mayor.

Bligh is running under the Vote Vancouver banner, the party she founded. She has sat on Vancouver City Council since 2018. Daily Hive reported she would be the first woman elected mayor of Vancouver.

## Housing on public land

Bligh's housing plan, as she described it to Daily Hive, centres on city-owned parcels. She told the outlet that building homes for middle-income earners at affordable prices through the private sector alone is not possible: "Pretending that the private sector can build the level of affordability we need in our city for people who are just starting out, the math never worked."

Her platform commits to including not-for-profit childcare in new developments on public land. The proposal is Vote Vancouver's own commitment, and voche.me has not independently costed it.

## Free transit for youth under 18

Bligh told Daily Hive she would extend free transit to all Vancouver youth under 18. The city currently provides free transit up to age 13. She described the first-year cost as lower than extending the Granville Street pedestrianization for seven weeks. That comparison is her own claim; the supporting figures have not been published separately.

## Public safety plebiscite

Bligh opposes the public safety plebiscite that ABC Vancouver is bringing to voters. She told Daily Hive the question's "framing is inherently biased towards one answer." She said she would direct funding toward systemic support programs for people in crisis rather than toward the policing-centred approach she attributed to the current council.

The Daily Hive article included no response from ABC Vancouver or Mayor Ken Sim to those characterizations.

## What voters can do

Vancouver votes on October 17, 2026. Advance voting continues through October 16 at City Hall and community centres across the city. You can compare all mayoral candidates and their stated positions at [/candidates/rebecca-bligh](/candidates/rebecca-bligh) and at [/parties/vote-vancouver](/parties/vote-vancouver).

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