TEAM for a Livable Vancouver on housing: neighbourhood planning, renters and BC housing laws
TEAM for a Livable Vancouver would repeal the Official Development Plan for a Respect for Neighbourhoods Plan, rethink the Broadway and Jericho plans, withdraw the MIRPP rental program, bring back a One Stop Renovation Centre, stop demoviction, open a renters office and challenge BC zoning Bills 44, 46 and 47.
CITY COUNCIL
The aim of Housing and Planning, in the party's words
TEAM will restore public trust by ensuring residents have a meaningful say in how their communities develop.
Planning for Livability and Affordability is the longest of TEAM for a Livable Vancouver's ten positions. The party divides its longer page into parts, and each part has its own chapter here: participatory planning, more housing type options, development efficiency, challenging provincial overreach, and supporting renters. TEAM says it would give residents "a meaningful say in how their communities develop" and balance density with infrastructure.
The biggest promises are to repeal the Official Development Plan, which the party says lets rezonings that match it skip public hearings, and to replace it with a "Respect for Neighbourhoods Plan". TEAM would rethink the Broadway, Jericho, Rupert and Renfrew, and Villages plans, withdraw the Moderate Income Rental Pilot Program, restore third-party appeals to the Board of Variance, protect older rental buildings from demolition and use city land for affordable homes. It says supply alone will not make housing affordable.
Council controls zoning, area plans, permits and city land, so it could act on most of this section. Provincial housing laws limit what a city can undo, and only the Province can change them. Rent limits, tenancy law and most social housing money are provincial too, and the SkyTrain extension to UBC is a TransLink decision.
5 CHAPTERS
Every chapter in Housing and Planning
Participatory Planning within the Context of Every Neighbourhood
TEAM on planning: repeal the Official Development Plan and rethink Broadway and Jericho
- A meaningful voice for local residents and businesses
- Make public consultation count in every neighbourhood
- Neighbourhood-based plans for higher density near transit
More Housing Type Options
TEAM on housing types: co-ops, multiplexes and an end to the MIRPP rental program
- A broad mix of housing that fits the neighbourhood
- Plan affordable options for many household types
- True affordability and larger family units
Development Efficiency
TEAM on permits: a One Stop Renovation Centre and Board of Variance appeals
- Simpler and more transparent permit processes
- Keep quality and due diligence while speeding up
- Find bottlenecks and train permit staff
Challenging Provincial Overreach
TEAM on BC housing laws: Bills 44, 46 and 47 and support for a legal challenge
- Reconsider the City's response to the provincial zoning bills
- Press the Province to change its one-size-fits-all approach
- Support municipalities calling for judicial review
Supporting Renters
TEAM on renters: stop demoviction, a renters office and new family co-ops
- Stop demoviction by protecting older rental buildings
- Establish a renters office
- Improve renter protections within city powers
WHO WOULD HAVE TO ACT
Who holds the power for these 49 commitments
Each chapter page names the body for every commitment and gives the reason in one sentence.
ON THE BALLOT
The TEAM for a Livable Vancouver candidates behind this
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Questions about Housing and Planning
What is TEAM for a Livable Vancouver's housing plan?
TEAM for a Livable Vancouver says it would plan growth neighbourhood by neighbourhood with residents, allow a broad mix of housing that fits each area, protect older rental buildings, use city land for affordable housing, and speed up permits for small projects (TEAM Planning for Livability and Affordability page).
Would TEAM repeal Vancouver's Official Development Plan?
Yes. TEAM says it would repeal the Official Development Plan, including the related Broadway, Jericho, Rupert and Renfrew, and Villages plans, and replace it with its own Respect for Neighbourhoods Plan (TEAM Planning for Livability and Affordability page).
What does TEAM say about BC housing Bills 44, 46 and 47?
TEAM for a Livable Vancouver says these provincial laws, along with Bill 18 and Bill M216, took planning power away from cities. It would reconsider how the City applies them, demand that the Province change its approach and support cities calling for judicial review (TEAM Planning for Livability and Affordability page).
How would TEAM protect Vancouver renters?
TEAM says it would stop demoviction by protecting older rental buildings from demolition, set up a renters office, keep and upgrade co-ops, build new family co-ops and use public land for affordable rentals before market rentals (TEAM Planning for Livability and Affordability page).
Does TEAM believe more housing supply will lower prices?
TEAM for a Livable Vancouver says supply alone will not fix housing. Its planning page says the city has tripled its housing units since the 1970s, more than any other centre city in North America, and still has the most expensive housing (TEAM Planning for Livability and Affordability page).
Could a TEAM council carry out its housing plan alone?
Council controls zoning, plans, permits and city land, so it could act on most of it. Provincial housing laws, rent limits and most social housing funding are set by the Province, and the UBC SkyTrain extension is a TransLink decision (TEAM Planning for Livability and Affordability page).
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.
- TEAM planning for livability and affordability, learn more SAYS SO ITSELFTEAM for a Livable Vancouver · checked
- Vancouver Charter: section 138 (councillors elected by neighbourhood), section 165.2 (closed Council meetings) and section 573 (appeals to the Board of Variance) Province of British Columbia (BC Laws) · checked