British Columbia voters face no shortage of policies when it comes to tackling the province's housing woes in the run-up to Saturday's election, with a clear choice for the next government's approach.David Eby's New Democrats say the housing market on its own will not deliver the homes people need, while B.C. Conservative Leader John Rustad saysgovernment is part of the problem and B.C. needs to "unleash" the potential of the private sector.But Andy Yan, director of the City Program at Simon Fraser University, said the "punchline" was that neither would have a hand in regulating interest rates, the "giant X-factor" in housing affordability."The one policy that controls it all just happens to be a policy that the province, whoever wins, has absolutely no control over," said Yan, who made a name for himself scrutinizing B.C.'s chronic affordability problems.Some metrics have shown those problems easing, with Eby pointing to what he said was a seven per cent drop in rent prices in Vancouver.But Statistics Canada…

British Columbia voters face no shortage of policies when it comes to tackling the province's housing woes in the run-up to the election.

British Columbia voters face no shortage of policies when it comes to tackling the province's housing woes in the run-up to Saturday's election, with a clear choice for the next government's approach.

British Columbia voters face no shortage of policies when it comes to tackling the province's housing woes in the run-up to Saturday's election, with a clear choice for the next government's approach.