End homelessness, funded by the mansion tax
COPE ties its homelessness commitment directly to a funding source: a 1% tax on property values above $5 million.
HOMELESSNESS AND THE DRUG CRISIS
COPE on homelessness and drugs
COPE is the only party on this ballot that names both an end to homelessness and the tax that would pay for it in the same commitment.
On the drug crisis, COPE maintains support for safe supply and harm reduction, which is the opposite position to ABC’s ban on open-air use and TrueBlue’s recovery-first framing.
3 PUBLISHED COMMITMENTS
What they say they will do
End homelessness, paid for by a mansion tax
A 1% property tax on values above $5 million would fund ending homelessness.
- Cost
- 1% above $5 million
Maintain safe supply and harm reduction
COPE commits to maintaining support for safe supply and harm reduction programs.
- Who has the power
- These are provincial and federal health programmes.
Buy apartments as permanent public housing
The city would buy apartment buildings and convert them to permanently affordable public housing and co-ops.
Sources
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- COPE home page SAYS SO ITSELFCOPE · checked
- COPE platform (April 2025 by-election platform, still published September 2026) SAYS SO ITSELFCOPE · published · checked
- Who is running: official 2026 candidate list City of Vancouver · checked
- Local elections disclosure statement search Elections BC · checked
- Elector organizations: registration and financial reporting duties Elections BC · checked
- Making a campaign contribution Elections BC · checked