OneCity on homelessness: end the supportive housing ban, add a shelter standard
OneCity says it would end what it calls ABC's ban on net-new supportive housing, pair it with a new engagement process run by an Office of Community Engagement, create a Vancouver Shelter Standard and give non-profits the first chance to buy affordable buildings and land.
HOUSING FOR ALL
Welcome Neighbours Home: what the Our Plans says
The last section of OneCity's housing plan, released on September 24, 2026, is about people without a home. The party says there is no reason anyone should be unhoused in a city as wealthy as Vancouver. Its first step is to end what it calls ABC's ban on net-new supportive housing, meaning homes with on-site support for people leaving homelessness. A new public engagement process, run by a new Office of Community Engagement, would go with it so that more projects succeed. The party's summary of the plan says this engagement would start early.
OneCity would also create a Vancouver Shelter Standard for every shelter the city funds, so they are safe and welcoming. A Community Land Trust Support Strategy would give non-profits the first chance to buy affordable buildings and land when they come up for sale. A community land trust is a non-profit that owns land to keep the homes on it affordable. Council decides where supportive housing is approved and funds city shelter sites, so these steps fall to Council. Health services, treatment beds and drug policy are provincial and federal. The page does not say how the first right to buy would work for property the city does not own.
4 COMMITMENTS
What the party says it would do
End the ban on net-new supportive housing
OneCity would end what it calls ABC's ban on net-new supportive housing.
- Who has the power
- City Council Council decides where supportive housing is approved.
A new public engagement process and an Office of Community Engagement
The party would pair new supportive housing with a new public engagement process, supported by a new Office of Community Engagement, so that more projects succeed.
- Who has the power
- City Council Council sets the city's own consultation process and creates its offices.
A Vancouver Shelter Standard
OneCity would create a Vancouver Shelter Standard for all city-funded shelters so they are safe and welcoming.
- Who has the power
- City Council Council funds city shelter sites and can set conditions on that money.
A Community Land Trust Support Strategy
The party would enact a Community Land Trust Support Strategy so non-profits get the first chance to buy affordable buildings and land when they come up for sale.
- Who has the power
- City Council Council can adopt a city strategy and fund non-profits, though the page does not say how a first right to buy would apply to property the city does not own.
WHO WOULD HAVE TO ACT
Where the power sits for this chapter
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Questions about welcome neighbours home
Would OneCity allow new supportive housing in Vancouver?
Yes. OneCity says it would end what it calls ABC's ban on net-new supportive housing, and pair it with a new public engagement process run by an Office of Community Engagement (OneCity Housing for All plan, September 24, 2026).
What is the Vancouver Shelter Standard proposed by OneCity?
It is a standard OneCity would create for every city-funded shelter, so the shelters are safe and welcoming. The page does not list what the standard would require (OneCity Housing for All plan, September 24, 2026).
What is OneCity's Community Land Trust Support Strategy?
It is a OneCity proposal to give non-profits the first chance to buy affordable buildings and land when they come up for sale. A community land trust is a non-profit that owns land to keep homes affordable (OneCity Housing for All plan, September 24, 2026).
Who decides where supportive housing goes in Vancouver?
City Council decides where supportive housing is approved, while health services are provincial and federal. OneCity says it would end what it calls ABC's ban on new supportive housing (OneCity Housing for All plan, September 24, 2026).
What is OneCity's plan for homelessness?
OneCity would end what it calls ABC's ban on net-new supportive housing, create an Office of Community Engagement, set a Vancouver Shelter Standard for city-funded shelters, and give non-profits the first chance to buy affordable buildings and land (OneCity Housing for All plan, September 24, 2026).
ON THE BALLOT
The OneCity candidates behind this
Sources
Every commitment on this page comes from the party's own material, marked SAYS SO ITSELF. It proves what the party says it would do. Who holds each power is our own addition, from the sources listed after it.
- OneCity Announces their Plans to show Vancouverites the Way Home with Housing for All SAYS SO ITSELFOneCity · published · checked