--- title: "Public Washrooms and Supportive Housing: the Vancouver Liberals plan | Vancouver 2026 | voche.me" canonical_url: "https://voche.me/parties/vancouver-liberals/2026-platform/health-and-environment/washrooms-and-supportive-housing" last_updated: "2026-10-10T04:00:56.584Z" meta: description: "The Vancouver Liberals say they would build new public washrooms across Vancouver, require 24-hour public bathrooms and showers in every new supportive hou..." "og:description": "The Vancouver Liberals say they would build new public washrooms across Vancouver, require 24-hour public bathrooms and showers in every new supportive hou..." "og:title": "Public Washrooms and Supportive Housing: the Vancouver Liberals plan | Vancouver 2026" "twitter:description": "The Vancouver Liberals say they would build new public washrooms across Vancouver, require 24-hour public bathrooms and showers in every new supportive hou..." "twitter:title": "Public Washrooms and Supportive Housing: the Vancouver Liberals plan | Vancouver 2026" --- ** Vancouver Liberals · Vancouver 2026 # Vancouver Liberals: new public washrooms and reversing the supportive housing ban The Vancouver Liberals say they would build new public washrooms across Vancouver, require 24-hour public bathrooms and showers in every new supportive housing project, and on day one reverse what they call a ban on new supportive housing for seniors, veterans and people with disabilities. All 3 commitments [Read the party's own page ](https://www.vancouverliberals.com/issues) [**19**Candidates](https://voche.me/parties/vancouver-liberals/candidates) [**9/10**Issues with published policy](https://voche.me/parties/vancouver-liberals/platform) [**9**Sources on file](https://voche.me/parties/vancouver-liberals/money) **9**Questions answered HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT ## Public Washrooms and Supportive Housing: what the Kareem's Plan for a Better Vancouver says Public washrooms come up more than once in the Vancouver Liberals' health section. The party says the city's streets and parks are covered with animal and human waste, and that Vancouver has the fewest public bathrooms of any major city in North America. It warns that the shortage could cause bigger public health problems when soccer fans arrive for the World Cup. Along with sending its new front-line workers to clean streets, it would build new public washrooms across the city. The party joins washrooms to housing. It says public projects should give the largest possible social benefit, so every new supportive housing project in Vancouver would be required to include public bathrooms and showers open 24 hours a day for people who are unhoused. Supportive housing means homes that come with on-site help, such as health or social services. The third item is about whether supportive housing gets built at all. The party says that under Mayor Ken Sim and ABC Vancouver, all types of new supportive housing construction have been banned. It calls this a cruel ban and says it would reverse it on its first day in office, so that seniors, veterans and people with disabilities get the support they need. The claim of a ban is the party's own description. Council funds city facilities and decides where supportive housing is approved, so all three steps rest with City Council. Health services, treatment beds and drug policy belong to the Province and the federal government, and the platform does not say what it would ask of them. 3 COMMITMENTS ## What the party says it would do 1. ### Build new public washrooms across the city The Vancouver Liberals would build new public washrooms across Vancouver, along with using new front-line workers to clean up streets. The party links the need to public health and to visitors coming for the World Cup.
Who has the power
City Council Council approves the capital plan that pays for city facilities, while washrooms inside parks would also involve the Park Board.
Source
Kareem's Plan for a Better Vancouver (Issues page)
2. ### 24-hour public bathrooms and showers in new supportive housing Every new supportive housing project in the City of Vancouver would be required to include 24-hour public bathrooms and showers for people who are unhoused.
Who has the power
City Council Council decides where supportive housing is approved, so it could attach this condition to new projects.
Source
Kareem's Plan for a Better Vancouver (Issues page)
3. ### Reverse the ban on new supportive housing on day one The party says all types of new supportive housing construction have been banned under Ken Sim and ABC Vancouver, and it would reverse that ban on day one to support seniors, veterans and people with disabilities.
Who has the power
City Council Council decides where supportive housing is approved and sets the city's housing policy.
Source
Kareem's Plan for a Better Vancouver (Issues page)
WHO WOULD HAVE TO ACT ## Where the power sits for this chapter City Council3 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ## Questions about public washrooms and supportive housing
What would the Vancouver Liberals do about public washrooms? The Vancouver Liberals would build new public washrooms across Vancouver and require 24-hour public bathrooms and showers in every new supportive housing project. The party says Vancouver has the fewest public bathrooms of any major city in North America (party issues page).
Do the Vancouver Liberals support supportive housing? Yes. The Vancouver Liberals say Mayor Ken Sim and ABC Vancouver have banned all types of new supportive housing construction, and they would reverse that ban on day one. The party names seniors, veterans and people with disabilities as the people it wants to serve (party issues page).
Would the Vancouver Liberals put showers in supportive housing buildings? Yes. Under the Vancouver Liberals, every new supportive housing project in the city would have to include public bathrooms and showers open 24 hours a day for people who are unhoused (party issues page).
Who decides whether supportive housing is built in Vancouver? City Council decides where supportive housing is approved. The Vancouver Liberals say they would use that power to reverse what they call a ban on new supportive housing. Health services and treatment are provincial and federal (party issues page).
Why do the Vancouver Liberals link public washrooms to the World Cup? The Vancouver Liberals say the city's lack of public washrooms could cause bigger public health problems as thousands of soccer fans visit for the World Cup. They would build new washrooms across the city (party issues page).
ON THE BALLOT ## The Vancouver Liberals candidates behind this ### Mayor [56**Kareem Allam**Ballot 56 · Political strategist and former mayoral chief of staff](https://voche.me/candidates/kareem-allam) ### City Council [107**Victoria Jung**Ballot 107 · Vancouver School Board trustee](https://voche.me/candidates/victoria-jung) [118**Jessica Walton**Ballot 118](https://voche.me/candidates/jessica-walton) [125**Armor Valor**Ballot 125](https://voche.me/candidates/armor-valor) [128**Devin Clemens**Ballot 128](https://voche.me/candidates/devin-clemens) [134**John Coupar**Ballot 134](https://voche.me/candidates/john-coupar) [139**Moira Stilwell**Ballot 139](https://voche.me/candidates/moira-stilwell) [145**Michael Wu**Ballot 145](https://voche.me/candidates/michael-wu) ## 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. 1. [Kareem's Plan for a Better Vancouver (Issues page) ](https://www.vancouverliberals.com/issues)SAYS SO ITSELFVancouver Liberals · checked September 26, 2026 ## Sitemap See the full [sitemap](/sitemap.md) for all pages.