How B.C. NDP housing policies could hurt its election chances [Video]

In a tight B.C. election campaign, according to pollsters, some communities say the  B.C. NDP is at risk of losing votes in orange-leaning neighbourhoods where there has been distaste over prescriptive Victoria-led housing legislation.

It’s a central theme emerging from the election, where David Eby’s bold and numerous pieces of legislation brought in less than two years as premier are being viewed as overreach by some voters, a top-down approach to solving some of the province’s most serious problems such as housing.

The theme is playing out in neighbourhoods like Brentwood Park in the riding of Burnaby North, currently held by the NDP’s Janet Routledge.

Homeowners and neighbours of around 500 homes are hoping to use historic covenants on their properties to block density under the province’s Bill 47 and Bill 44.

Bill 47 allows small apartment buildings in single-family home neighbourhoods close to transit hubs. Bill 44had all municipalities in B.C. abolish single-family home zoning to …