Overview
- Incoming premier-designate Lorne Doerkson and the BC Conservative Party have promised to repeal or heavily amend Bills 43, 44 and 47, which set provincial housing targets and required denser housing near transit and in single-family neighbourhoods.
- Bill 44 enabled small multi‑unit buildings on lots once restricted to single-family homes and removed some public hearings, while Bill 43 let the province set five‑year completion targets and intervene if municipalities missed them.
- Provincial reporting showed almost all municipalities had already inserted Bill 44 rules into local bylaws, so undoing the laws would raise complex questions about which rules remain in effect and how ongoing projects and approvals would be handled.
- Developers and municipal leaders warn repeal could slow new housing and revive public hearings, while Conservative officials link the rollback to a wider platform of lower construction fees, faster approvals and building‑code changes.
- The policy shift pits provincial intervention to speed housing supply against local control over land use and could change where new housing gets built, how fast it goes up, and who faces the biggest effects at the local level.