Creating housing options for families in Vancouver

As part of the Housing Vancouver strategy: Three-year action plan (2018-2020), the family housing policy and guidelines are being reviewed and modernized to improve the supply of family housing and the living experience of families with children at high density.

The update will seek to address today’s family housing design and supply challenges, taking into account the impact of any new requirements on the cost of family homes.

Progress

We’ve developed a new framework for tracking and reporting on progress toward the Housing Vancouver targets, which includes data on the supply, affordability, and distribution of family housing.

Relevant feedback from the recent Housing Vancouver and Family Room Policy consultations has been collated and reviewed.

• Read the summary of previous consultations

An initial consultation targeted at families living in high density areas was undertaken over spring and summer 2018 to understand the needs, values, preferences, and issues of families in Vancouver.

Next steps

We are currently evaluating policy and guidelines approaches in response to our consultation and the Housing Vancouver Strategy. The intent of the new approach is to improve affordability, flexibility, and livability of family units.

It is anticipated that the preferred policy options will be tested through public and stakeholder consultation in summer 2019.

The target is to report the updated policy and guideline documents to City Council in winter 2019 for consideration.