Was great to see you there!!

Cities that don't build infrastructure don't survive.

Vancouver needs to build housing of all kinds, everywhere, all at once. If Ken Sim won't do it, we will.

I'm leading a movement for pro-growth, pro-housing, pro-worker progressivism with @onecityvan.bsky.social.

We believe housing isn't a favor we do for people—it's infrastructure.

That's why, if I'm elected Mayor in 2026, the Social Housing Initiative will be one of the first things back on the docket. Right alongside the budget in our first Council session. This isn't complicated, we just need leadership that gets it.

ABC Vancouver is supposed to understand business. But they just killed a program that would have given non-profit developers market certainty. Made projects financially viable. Built affordable homes faster.

The program would have let us skip the bureaucratic process. Apply as-of-right zoning in neighbourhoods where it makes sense. So projects can actually pencil and we can get our neighbours the housing they desperately need.

After three years, they either don't understand or don't care. You solve a housing crisis by building housing of all kinds, everywhere, all at once. The Social Housing Initiative would have made that possible.

Ken Sim was elected on cutting red tape and bureaucratic waste. Today, he had his councillors vote against a program that would have done exactly that. Ken Sim is supposed to be a Business Mayor. ABC Vancouver just voted against good business.

As a non-profit housing CEO, here's why the Social Housing Initiative mattered. It offered a real pathway to build homes for our neighbours in need, without half a million dollars in paperwork. Without 8-12 months of unnecessary delays for projects Council never rejects anyway.

If you're a Vancouverite, I don't need to tell you how hard it is to survive in this housing crisis. Whether you're on the street, sleeping rough, working but living in your car, or raising kids while scraping by, everyone is getting crushed. You know it. I know it. Ken Sim knows it.

You can read the full article here: vancouversun.com/opinion/colu...

I can't remember the last time the City said no to a rezoning for non-market housing.

Let's cut to the chase, get to "yes", and get to building.

This is a wonderful initiative. I hope it passes. And it wouldn't have happened without @onecityvan.bsky.social.

I was proud to speak in support of @christineboyle.bsky.social's motion in 2022.

Building non-market housing is expensive. Process and time both cost money - and costs kill developments.

Ending rezoning requirements will mean more non-profit homes in our expensive city.

I have profound disagreements with ABC. But I'd like to believe that they didn't run for office to cut this deep and do this much damage.

There's still time left. I'm calling on two of them to break ranks and send this back to staff so a budget that meets our city's needs can be prepared. 2/2

Thanks so much, Melissa. I so appreciate all you do to ensure a sustainable environment. I hope COP was productive!

Thank you Robin!