The City of Burnaby has made a move to preserve some of its rental housing supply in the Metrotown area. 

On Thursday, council moved to send back two major redevelopment proposals in the area to include more rental housing. 

The city has slated the Metrotown area for transit-centred densification as part of an official community plan that council approved last summer.

The plan has not been without controversy and has spurred numerous protests. Opponents say lower income residents are being “demovicted” — eviction by way of demolition — from the area.

Housing activist Martin Murray says dozens of residents have been forced out of affordable rental units