Vancouver needs more affordable homes located across the city.
We’ve delivered a series of new initiatives to address the housing shortage, provide diverse living options for families of all income levels, and alleviate rising rent and home prices.
We’re creating vibrant and inclusive communities to make our city a better place to live, work and do business.
The new Housing Vancouver strategy includes more than 120 specific actions, and the latest Three-Year Action Plan and Rental Housing on City Land Policy directs the City on how we can make housing more liveable and affordable.
Permitting backlogs have been a long-standing challenge for our city.
We’ve made significant progress toward our ambitious goals in the new 3-3-3-1 Permit Approval Framework, which will eliminate the backlog and speed up the delivery of housing.
The 3-3-3-1 framework streamlines permitting approval processes: 3 days for a renovation, 3 weeks for detached home, 3 months for multi-family and mid-rise projects, and 1 year for high-rise and large-scale projects.
We’ve passed a transformative set of housing policies to increase the housing supply. Some of the initiatives include:
More than half of households in Vancouver are renters.
The diversity of renters in Vancouver means that purpose-built market rental housing is a key source of secure, long-term housing for renter households earning a broad range of incomes.
The Secured Rental Policy is delivering a broad range of housing types to meet the needs of these households.
We’re committed to delivering 10,000 social, supportive and non-profit co-op housing units by 2033. It’s an updated target that will make our city more inclusive and equitable.
We’ve passed a number of key initiatives to deliver new social housing, including:
We implemented the City’s first Seniors Housing Strategy and Seniors Housing Rezoning Policy, a historic step in addressing the housing needs of our seniors, and ensuring they have access to attainable, supportive and inclusive housing options.
We also allocated funds to hire a Seniors Planner, who will ensure that our city planning reflects the needs and interests of our seniors community.
With more than 30% of Vancouver’s population aged 55 and older, the need for tailored housing solutions has never been more critical.
We’re committed to doubling the number of existing co-op units across the city.
We want to fully utilize public land to create additional co-op housing units. To speed up the delivery of these units we’re exploring innovative models on City-owned land in partnership with non-profits to create new solutions.
For the first time ever, the City of Vancouver is tackling the creation of middle-income housing.
The shortage of middle-income housing fundamentally threatens the city’s overall sustainability and liveability, hinders economic growth and makes it difficult to attract and retain the talent the city needs.
We’re creating new pathways for Indigenous communities to thrive.
We’ve delivered a series of new initiatives to address the housing shortage,
provide diverse living options for families of all income levels,
and alleviate rising rent and home prices.
We acknowledge that we live, work, and play on the Unceded Territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations.
ABC proactively seeks to support and elevate those from traditionally marginalized and underrepresented communities including women, members of the 2SLGBTQAI+ community, indigenous persons, racialized persons, persons living with a disability, immigrants, and those who experience or have experienced economic hardship.
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