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.

MNP LLP to Lead Langley City Effectiveness and Efficiency Review

Since I was first elected to Langley City Council in 2016, the City's population has grown from 27,000 to 35,000, a 30% increase. We also have SkyTrain under construction with a planned opening in late 2029. All this to say that Langley City is transforming from a mid-sized city to a larger city by BC standards. While I believe we have a good foundation in Langley City’s finances and operations, we know that the City will continue to need to make large investments in services and infrastructure, especially once SkyTrain is operating. We want to ensure that the foundation is rock-solid as we continue to plan for growth.

The City has completed internal efficiency reviews, but we’ve never had an external efficiency and effectiveness review. With any organization, it is always good to have a fresh set of eyes look at how we do things and offer feedback on how we can improve. I’m extremely pleased that Langley City has proactively launched this review.

Langley City has engaged MNP LLP to undertake an external effectiveness and efficiency review. The review will examine services, processes, and ways of working to identify opportunities to strengthen coordination, reduce bottlenecks, improve service delivery, and leverage technology to make the best use of available resources.

The City selected MNP LLP through a competitive and public bidding process. MNP LLP's report will be completed this winter for a future council to review.

If I have the honour of being re-elected this fall, I will do my part to support implementing recommendations from this review. I do want to be clear that this review isn’t about laying people off or reducing service; we need to increase our service levels. The review is about ensuring we have the structure and processes in place to manage the City well over the next decade and to ensure every nickel of taxpayer money is used as effectively as possible.

For more information, please visit Langley City’s website.