After two years of voicing their concerns to the province about the speed and scale of its housing policies, a group of 16 Metro Vancouver mayors are officially calling for the province to repeal legislation that requires municipalities to allow at least four units on single-family lots and heavily increase zoning around transit hubs.

In a letter sent to Premier David Eby on Nov. 28 by Mike Hurley, Burnaby mayor and Metro Vancouver board chair, the mayors argue that Bills 44 and 47, both passed in 2023, were introduced with “limited co-ordination and consultation” with local governments and are misaligned with local land use, regional planning and infrastructure capabilities.

“Provincewide mandates do not reflect the local planning frameworks, geographic characteristics or market realiti

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