Langley City First Launches Positive, Solutions-Focused Campaign

The Langley City First Team has officially launched its campaign today for the local government election on October 17, 2026.

“We are pleased to be launching our positive and action-oriented plan for Langley City,” said Rhianna Reddekopp, who founded Langley City First.

Our campaign will be focused on continuing the successes of Langley City in:

• Operating with fiscal responsibility
• Improving public safety
• Maintaining balanced growth

With the increase in misinformation and disinformation, the Langley City First team is committed to defending the facts and focusing on what matters to Langley City residents.

Our key focus areas for the next four years to 2030 will include:

• Continuing to support non-profits and local businesses
• Investing in parks and greenspace, housing, social infrastructure
• Preparing for the arrival of SkyTrain

“I’ve heard from the community that they do not want to see partisan and divisive provincial and federal-style politics in Langley City,” said Nathan Pachal, current Mayor and mayoral candidate with Langley City First. “We will be focused on our successes in moving the community forward in a good way, and how we can continue to deliver for all residents and businesses.”

Langley City First is a team of independents who are free to vote their conscience on all matters and will deliver its platform of unified policies by mid-September, and the team looks forward to connecting with folks at the door and around our city.

If you would like to learn more about Langley City First, volunteer, or request a lawn sign, please visit https://www.langleycityfirst.ca/

I am running for re-election as Mayor of Langley City as part of the Langley City First team. I will share their content on this blog throughout the campaign period.

Solution Tracker Update

Since I’ve been elected, I’ve been keeping track of the public solutions I’ve put forward in what I call the solutions tracker. When you are in government, many things can pull you in multiple directions, and I’ve used this tool to help me stay focused. It is also a way to provide accountability to the community. If you have a look at the tracker, you’ll see that some items are completed, some are in progress, some haven’t been able to move forward, and some have yet to start.

I recently updated the solutions tracker. For me, one of the items we weren’t able to move the needle on is building more supportive and complex care housing facilities to get people off the street who are in mental health and addiction crisis. While the provincial government has started on this, much more is needed, and we continue to need to advocate for our community.

While there are many things I’ve been happy to see complete, I’m most proud of the work we’ve done to allow people to meaningfully contribute to City decisions, whether through the Citizens’ Assembly on Community Safety and Wellbeing, the new online “Let’s Chat, Langley City” platform, or the upcoming vote around the expansion of Timms Community Centre, building a new performing arts centre, and expanding Al Anderson pool.

I invite you to check out the updated Solutions Tracker!

Purpose-Built Rental by the Numbers in Langley City

Local governments in Metro Vancouver rely on data to help make informed decisions about housing. This data includes household demographics, housing tenure, and need.

For example, in 2025, Langley City had 2,854 purpose-built rental units. The City’s purpose-built rental stock increased by 11.5%, or about 300 units, since 2021. About 40% (1,402 units) are two-bedroom units, and another 40% (1,100 units) are one-bedroom units. There were 216 three-bedroom units, and the rest were studio units.

There is a regional need for more family-size purpose-built units, not just in Langley City, though there seems to be an even greater need for studio units.

These numbers don’t include basement suites and people who are renting out their house or strata apartment/townhosue. This is sometimes called the secondary rental market.

Langley has more purpose-built rentals per capita than other municipalities in our region. For example, the Township of Langley only has 1,211 purpose-built rental units in 2025.

Langley City has a similar number of purpose-built rental units to Richmond and West Vancouver.

Rental prices in Langley City have increased over the past few years, and our rents are now slightly below the regional median rents across all unit types. There is a lot of new purpose-built rental housing coming online in Langley City over the next few years, which will help stabilize rents in the community.

In Langley City, the vacancy rate for purpose-built rentals in 2025 was:

Studio: 0%
One-Bedroom: 2.1%
Two-Bedroom: 2.9%
Three or More Bedrooms: 2.6%

The vacancy rate is increasing in Langley City, which can put downward pressure on rental costs.

Interestingly, in Langley City, the units seeing the largest rent increases are studios and one-bedroom units.

For more information, please check out the Metro Vancouver Housing Data Dashboard.

Vacation Alert

I will be taking some time off and will be back blogging on Monday, August 31st.