
The lack of affordable housing in Vancouver has put our city at risk. We want people to stay, live, and build a future in our city.
To meet the needs of our growing population and ensure our city remains vibrant and diverse, it’s important that we have an affordable and varied supply of housing.
Housing Vancouver is our new 10-year housing strategy to reduce Vancouver’s housing affordability gap and to provide a strong foundation for the future of Vancouver.
Our new housing strategy is ambitious, and will see many changes across the city to ensure our city can continue to grow its diverse communities.
Our new 10-year strategy will address housing affordability and the supply of 72,000 homes that our residents need.
The tax has been implemented on empty or under-utilized residential properties.
The program allows owners and renters to rent their principal residence for stays under 30 days.
Places homeless residents directly into housing with the right supports.
April 23 2018 - Vancouver's Empty Homes Tax, the first of its kind in North America, will generate an estimated $30 million in revenue to the City.
April 19 2018 - City Council enacted a new bylaw that permits Vancouver residents to operate short-term rentals in their principal residence for stays of less than 30 days.
March 7 2018 - The Empty Homes Tax declaration period for 2017 closed on March 5, 2018, with a total of 183,911 declarations submitted, accounting for 98.85% of all residential property owners in Vancouver.
February 22 2018 - With fewer than 4,000 residential property owners still required to submit Empty Homes Tax declarations, we have extended the declaration deadline to March 5 to ensure homeowners have been given every opportunity to comply with the new tax.
Find out about public events, news, and activities that will help shape the Housing Vancouver strategy.
Look up residential rental buildings in Vancouver with health, safety, maintenance, tidiness, and other issues. The database lists buildings with issues that are unresolved or were resolved in the last 12 months.
Find shelters, financial aid, low-cost meals and recreation, and community centres that serve low-income residents.
Resources for tenants and developers of social housing, co-op housing, and market rental housing.
Learn about supportive housing to help people who are homeless or at-risk to lead stable, independent, and connected lives.
Uses City- and partner-owned land for new housing projects with more types of home options and greater affordability than the private market.
The Task Force recommended bold and practical ways to improve housing affordability for low- to moderate-income households.
The Housing Mix Policy for Rezoning Projects is another step towards increasing the supply of family homes.
About our initiative to create an online database of rental buildings and their compliance with health and safety bylaws.
The City is working with the Province to provide cold-weather shelter, and connect homeless people to community resources.