TrueBlue Vancouver on homelessness: enforcement on encampments, treatment and shelter
TrueBlue Vancouver would pair firm enforcement against permanent encampments with shelter, treatment and transitional housing, and give supportive housing to people genuinely in need. It would restrain property-tax increases, review city spending and focus building enforcement on unsafe buildings.
HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS · PAGES 11 TO 14
Homelessness, Building Safety and Property Taxes: what the 2026 Full Election Platform says
This part of TrueBlue Vancouver's housing section deals with people who have no home and with the costs that owners and renters carry. On homelessness, the party wants sidewalks, parks and public spaces kept usable for everyone. It would pair firm enforcement against permanent encampments with shelter, treatment, recovery and transitional housing. The platform presents this as a balance of enforcement and services.
For supportive housing, TrueBlue would give priority to temporary and supportive housing for people it calls genuinely in need. It would stress treatment, work, recovery and steps toward independent housing wherever possible. On building safety, the party would enforce basic health, fire and building standards, cut what it calls red tape for responsible owners, and aim enforcement at unsafe buildings.
The property tax policy sits in this section of the PDF. TrueBlue would restrain property-tax increases, run a citywide spending review and cut waste and bureaucracy. The party says the aim is to protect homeowners, renters, seniors and small businesses from rising city costs. It gives no percentage target. Its budgeting policy, in the local government section, repeats the call for a spending audit.
Council funds shelter sites, street cleaning and city outreach, sets the property tax rate and enforces city building bylaws. Treatment, health services and most supportive housing money come from the Province, so the party's treatment-first approach would depend on provincial programs. The Park Board controls the parks where some encampments stand, so enforcement there would also involve that board. The platform gives no shelter target.
4 COMMITMENTS
What the party says it would do
Building maintenance and occupant health
TrueBlue would enforce basic health, fire and building-safety standards while cutting what it calls unnecessary red tape for responsible property owners. It would focus enforcement on genuinely unsafe buildings.
- Who has the power
- City Council Council makes the city building and property maintenance bylaws and directs the staff who enforce them.
Homelessness
The party would keep sidewalks, parks and public spaces usable for everyone. It would pair firm enforcement against permanent encampments with shelter, treatment, recovery and transitional-housing options.
- Who has the power
- City, with others Council funds shelter sites, street cleaning and outreach, while treatment and health services are provincial and parks are run by the Park Board.
Property taxes
TrueBlue would restrain property-tax increases, conduct a citywide spending review and cut waste and bureaucracy. It says it would protect homeowners, renters, seniors and small businesses from continually rising municipal costs.
- Who has the power
- City Council Council sets the property tax rate each year and approves the operating budget.
Public and assistive housing
The party would give priority to temporary and supportive housing for people it calls genuinely in need, while stressing treatment, employment, recovery and pathways toward independent housing wherever possible.
- Who has the power
- City, with others Council decides where supportive housing is approved, while the treatment and health services the party stresses are provincial.
WHO WOULD HAVE TO ACT
Where the power sits for this chapter
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Questions about homelessness, building safety and property taxes
What is TrueBlue Vancouver's plan for homelessness?
TrueBlue Vancouver would pair firm enforcement against permanent encampments with shelter, treatment, recovery and transitional housing. The party says sidewalks, parks and public spaces should stay usable for everyone (platform, page 12).
Would TrueBlue Vancouver remove encampments?
The party says it would use firm enforcement against permanent encampments and offer shelter, treatment, recovery and transitional housing at the same time. Its public spaces section also says it would clear what it calls dangerous encampments from parks (platform, pages 12 and 30).
Does TrueBlue Vancouver support supportive housing?
TrueBlue would give priority to temporary and supportive housing for people it calls genuinely in need. It would stress treatment, employment, recovery and steps toward independent housing wherever possible (platform, page 14).
Would TrueBlue Vancouver lower property taxes?
TrueBlue says it would restrain property-tax increases, run a citywide spending review and cut waste and bureaucracy. It gives no percentage target for the tax rate (platform, page 13).
How would TrueBlue Vancouver enforce building safety?
The party would enforce basic health, fire and building-safety standards and focus enforcement on genuinely unsafe buildings. It would cut what it calls unnecessary red tape for responsible property owners (platform, page 11).
Who would deliver TrueBlue Vancouver's treatment-first housing approach?
Council funds shelter sites and outreach, decides where supportive housing is approved and sets the property tax rate. Treatment, recovery and health services are provincial, so that part of TrueBlue's plan would depend on the Province (platform, pages 12 to 14).
ON THE BALLOT
The TrueBlue Vancouver candidates behind this
City Council
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.
- TrueBlue Vancouver 2026 Full Election Platform, 49-page PDF SAYS SO ITSELFTrueBlue Vancouver · pages 11 to 14 · checked