Vancouver's social housing initiative

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Making Vancouver more inclusive and equitable is a key priority of Vancouver Plan, the city’s long-term land-use strategy. Vancouver’s Social Housing Initiative works toward the critical need for affordable housing by simplifying and changing zoning regulations to allow for mixed-income social, supportive, and co-operative housing to be built without a rezoning in all Vancouver neighbourhoods.

These proposed changes would allow social housing projects to be built faster with less cost, giving priority to providing homes for people who need them most and working toward maintaining diversity in the city.

Following engagement with the public and stakeholders in late 2024, we are now seeking feedback on updates to this this initiative.

The revised proposal reflects feedback received during the initial round of engagement, along with additional technical analysis. Input received during this round of engagement will help shape the final version, which will be presented to City Council for consideration in late 2025.

How to get involved

Learn more:

Attend an event:

Take the online survey until Tuesday, July 8.

简体中文 | 繁體中文

Making Vancouver more inclusive and equitable is a key priority of Vancouver Plan, the city’s long-term land-use strategy. Vancouver’s Social Housing Initiative works toward the critical need for affordable housing by simplifying and changing zoning regulations to allow for mixed-income social, supportive, and co-operative housing to be built without a rezoning in all Vancouver neighbourhoods.

These proposed changes would allow social housing projects to be built faster with less cost, giving priority to providing homes for people who need them most and working toward maintaining diversity in the city.

Following engagement with the public and stakeholders in late 2024, we are now seeking feedback on updates to this this initiative.

The revised proposal reflects feedback received during the initial round of engagement, along with additional technical analysis. Input received during this round of engagement will help shape the final version, which will be presented to City Council for consideration in late 2025.

How to get involved

Learn more:

Attend an event:

Take the online survey until Tuesday, July 8.

  • 溫哥華社會住房計劃公眾參與更新-Traditional Chinese

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    溫哥華社會住房計劃 (VSHI) 透過簡化和修改分區規例，應對本市對可負擔房屋的迫切需求。這些修訂將允許在溫哥華所有社區內興建混合收入的社會住房、支援性住房和合作社住房，而無需進行分區改劃。

    該計劃旨在讓非牟利組織和政府機構，能在地圖所示的區域（見項目全文 , 只提供英語 ）內更快速、更具成本效益地興建社會住房。視社區情況而定，相關住房可能採用中層建築或高層大樓的形式。

    2024年9月，市政府就社會住房計劃開展公眾諮詢，以收集公眾意見。其後，我們詳細考慮了相關意見，並將其與額外的技術工作結合起來，以完善我們的建議。現階段，我們分享更新後的版本，以便在向市議會提交最終報告前聽取更多意見。

    以下是更新內容的摘要，如欲了解更多詳情，請瀏覽我們的項目網頁：www.shapeyourcity.ca/social-housing 。

    • 更新地圖，無需改劃分區便可興建社會住房的區域（見項目全文)。只提供英語
    • 針對大樓形式社會住房提高高度限制，以便為不同類型的用地提供更大的靈活度。
    • 針對特別用地提供了額外的改劃政策細節，包括更新的地圖（見項目全文 - 只提供英語）。該地圖將現行社會住房臨時改劃政策與本項新措施整合，有助簡化本市的社會住房政策。
    • 本計劃將納入保育 Champlain Heights 森林和步道系統的措施。

    請瀏覽我們的項目網頁，以查看建議全文、登記獲取項目的最新消息，或提交意見與問題：www.shapeyourcity.ca/social-housing .

    參與方式:

    • 親身出席資訊簡介會 ：
      • 2025年6月19日，下午5:00至7:00，地點：Champlain Heights社區中心（3350 Maquinna Drive）(提供國語傳譯服務 )
      • 2025年6月24日，下午5:00至7:00，地點：嘉利士杜 (Kerrisdale) 社區中心（5851 West Boulevard）(提供國語傳譯服務 )
      • 2025年6月26日，下午5:00至7:00，地點：Trout Lake 社區中心（3360 Victoria Drive）(提供國語傳譯服務 )
    • 參加網上資訊簡介會 ：
      • 2025年6月25日，下午6:00至7:30，請至https://vshi-info-session.eventbrite.ca 登記 。(只提供英語 )
    • 完成我們的網上調查。只提供英語

  • 温哥华社会住房计划公众参与最新进展-Simplified Chinese

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    温哥华社会住房计划（VSHI）通过简化和修改分区规定，以回应本市对可负担住房的迫切需求。相关修订将允许在温哥华所有社区建设混合收入的社会住房、支持性住房和合作社住房，无需重新分区。

    本项目旨在让非营利组织和政府机构能够在地图（见首页文件, 仅提供英文）所示区域，以更高效、更具成本效益的方式建设社会住房。根据不同社区的特点，住房形式可能为中层建筑或高层建筑。

    2024年9月，市政府启动了社会住房计划的公众参与工作，以收集社区意见。此后，我们认真研究所收到的反馈，并结合进一步的技术研究，对方案进行了完善。目前，我们正在公布更新后的方案，并在向市议会提交最终报告前，继续征求公众意见。

    以下是此次方案更新的简要内容，如需查看完整信息，请访问项目网页：www.shapeyourcity.ca/social-housing

    • 更新地图：无需重新分区即可建设社会住房的区域。
    • 提高高度上限：拟提高层建筑式社会住房的高度限制，以便在不同类型的地块上实现更大灵活性。
    • 补充细节：为特殊地块的重新分区政策提供更多说明，包括一张更新后的地图（见首页文件, 仅提供英文），该地图将现行社会住房临时重新分区政策所涵盖的区域与本次新举措结合展示，旨在简化本市的社会住房政策。
    • 本计划还将纳入对 Champlain Heights 森林和步道系统的保育措施。

    您可以通过以下方式参与其中：

    • 参加线下信息发布会：
    • 2025年6月19日，下午5:00至7:00，Champlain Heights 社区中心（3350 Maquinna Drive）(提供国语传译服务 )
    • 2025年6月24日，下午5:00至7:00，嘉利士杜 (Kerrisdale) 社区中心（5851 West Boulevard）(提供国语传译服务 )
    • 2025年6月26日，下午5:00至7:00，Trout Lake 社区中心（3360 Victoria Drive）(提供国语传译服务 )


  • Engagement summary report and next steps

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    Engagement Summary
    In September 2024, the City launched public engagement on the Social Housing Initiative. We appreciate your ongoing engagement and thoughtful contributions throughout the first phase of public engagement. We have read through and summarized all the comments received, please read the public engagement summary (linked below) to learn more about what we heard.


    Updated map
    Public feedback from the first phase of engagement advised that the draft map was unclear as it did not show explicitly that existing parks, schools, community centres and cemeteries were not proposed for rezoning for social housing. This updated version of the map includes cut-outs to address this concern.


    Next steps
    The report to City Council, originally scheduled for end of Q2 2025, has been postponed to Q4 2025 to accommodate further technical work and analysis. A second round of public engagement will be held in June to present and receive comments on the refined proposal.

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