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.

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.

From June 10 to July 8, 2025, a second phase of public engagement was conducted, with feedback collected through the online survey, paper comment forms, and in-person and virtual meetings. The results are summarized in the engagement summary report below.

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Next Steps

The final proposal for Vancouver's Social Housing Initiative is available in the referral report. The referral report will be brought to City Council on November 4th, 2025, when the report will be referred to a Public Hearing. Once the public hearing date is set, you will be able to submit your comments or request to speak for Council consideration. Sign-up for our mailing list to receive notice when the Public Hearing is scheduled. We will also be posting the confirmed Public Hearing date on this site.

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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.

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.

From June 10 to July 8, 2025, a second phase of public engagement was conducted, with feedback collected through the online survey, paper comment forms, and in-person and virtual meetings. The results are summarized in the engagement summary report below.

Learn more:

Next Steps

The final proposal for Vancouver's Social Housing Initiative is available in the referral report. The referral report will be brought to City Council on November 4th, 2025, when the report will be referred to a Public Hearing. Once the public hearing date is set, you will be able to submit your comments or request to speak for Council consideration. Sign-up for our mailing list to receive notice when the Public Hearing is scheduled. We will also be posting the confirmed Public Hearing date on this site.

  • CLOSED: This survey has concluded.

    Updated proposal - comment form closed

    The Vancouver Social Housing Initiative proposes 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.

    Now that you have reviewed the proposal and/or attended an information session, we'd like to hear your feedback.

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    Original proposal - comment form closed

    Now that you have reviewed the proposal and/or attended an information session, we'd like to hear your feedback.

    You may want to consider:

    • Do you think the proposal works toward addressing housing needs in Vancouver, why or why not?
    • What do you want the project team to consider as we finalize the proposed zoning changes?
    • Other feedback you would like the project team to know.

    Please note your comment will be submitted to staff and will not be made public.

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