Dec 10 Vancouver’s proposed social housing plan fails
ABC majority vote to reject Vancouver's Social Housing Plan.
Nov 26 Vancouver’s Social Housing Plan goes to public hearing Thursday, Nov. 27, 2025
City's plan to rezone thousands of residential areas to social housing will be decided by Council on Dec. 9, 2025.
Nov 16 Critics worry Provincial Bill M216 will re-write how development decisions are made
Last month, UBC professor emeritus in Landscape Architecture Patrick Condon warned in an online article that a private member’s bill, M216, could entirely rewrite how municipal development decisions are made.“The Quiet Revolution in BC Planning: Why Bill M216 Should Alarm Every Municipality,” alerts us to
Oct 18 City launches open houses for Official Development Plan
The City of Vancouver is hosting a series of open houses on the Official Development Plan.
Oct 14 Province clears way for the City to dissolve Park Board
Mayor Ken Sim is one step closer to realizing his dream of abolishing the Vancouver Park Board — but that strike could prove to be a painful ankle twister.On Thursday, BC Municipal Affairs minister (and former Vancouver Councillor) Christine Boyle brought forth legislation to amend
Oct 14 Standardized zoning for the Broadway and Cambie Plans
Vancouver City Council gave the nod to a new pre-zoning plan it believes will shave up to a year off development wait times. It does so by introducing standardized zoning changes throughout the Broadway and Cambie Plan areas.
Jul 20 Mass rezoning for the Broadway Plan area and Cambie Corridor – what does it mean for Vancouver residents?
Posted at 8:37 pm in Broadway Plan, Cambie Corridor Plan, City Hall news, Housing, Rezoning & development, Studies & reports, Vancouver Plan
On Tuesday, July 22, Vancouver City Council will consider a referral report that would simplify the city’s building rules and lead to mass rezoning in both the Broadway Plan area and Cambie Plan Corridor. Warning: the report is not user friendly. It’s 447 pages long.Some
Jun 19 Social Housing in Every Neighbourhood
Last year we told you about the City of Vancouver’s Social Housing and Villages plans, dreamt up by the municipal Planning Department to “improve the lives of citizens.” Both plans — creatures of the Vancouver Plan — have recently come back into focus with the
Jun 6 Vancouver City Council Capitulates to Provincial Development Approval Plan
Posted at 7:59 pm in City Hall news, Housing, Provincial News, Public hearings, Rezoning & development
As NDP Premier David Eby tightens his grip on municipal housing development, Vancouver City Council passed the controversial Interim Provincial Development Approval Plan (DAP) that, with few exceptions, will strip away the need for public hearings. See Report Rather than oppose the Province’s measures [Bill 18],
May 26 Decried as power grab, controversial Provincial Bills 13 & 15 could be decided this week.
In our last issue, we told you how Provincial Bills 13 and 15 — highly controversial legislation that could pass as early as May 29 — would usurp the decision-making authority of BC municipalities over vital housing and planning issues.The Bills, officially known as the