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Housing

The City of Vancouver's 2021 capital expenditure budget puts $144M into housing, 19% of the year; the largest program is “2019-2022 Housing Land Acquisition”.

Source: City of Vancouver open data, capital budget 2021.

$144M
capital expenditure budget, 2021
19% of the year · $37.4M new multi-year budget · number 1 of 13 services in 2021

By year, 2021–2026

$144M in 2021 · $62.8M in 2026

Click a year to see its amount.

Its programs, 2021

2019-2022 Housing Land AcquisitionNon-Market Rental (Social Housing & Other)$37.2MVancouver Affordable Housing Agency - New Rental Housing UnitsNon-Market Rental (Social Housing & Other)$16.7MRedevelopment Of Roddan Lodge & Evelyne Saller CenterNon-Market Rental (Social Housing & Other)$13.9MContribution for Social Housing Site - November 2017Non-Market Rental (Social Housing & Other)$13.2M2019-2022 Community Housing Incentive programNon-Market Rental (Social Housing & Other)$12.3M2015-2018 Housing Land AcquisitionNon-Market Rental (Social Housing & Other)$8.5MPayment for Affordable Housing (Stainsbury)Non-Market Rental (Social Housing & Other)$4.9MLand Acquisition - March 2016Non-Market Rental (Social Housing & Other)$4.0M
Show 36 moreReplacement Of City-Operated Housing ResidencesNon-Market Rental (Social Housing & Other)$3.3MPurchase of 1050 Expo BoulevardNon-Market Rental (Social Housing & Other)$2.7MTemporary Modular Housing - Site Preparation CostsSupportive Housing$2.1MGrant - Vancouver Masonic CentreNon-Market Rental (Social Housing & Other)$1.9MSingle Room Occupancy (SRO) Grants - privately owned SRO stockSROs$1.8MCapital Contribution - 36 Blood AlleyNon-Market Rental (Social Housing & Other)$1.6MAffordable Housing Staff ResearchImplementation & Research$1.6M2019-2022 Planning & Research - Afforadable Housing DeploymentImplementation & Research$1.5M2019-2022 Single Room Occupancy (SRO) upgrade Granting programSROs$1.4MLand Preparation Costs - Vancouver Affordable Housing AgencyNon-Market Rental (Social Housing & Other)$1.4MLittle Mountain Neighbourhood House: Housing DevelopmentNon-Market Rental (Social Housing & Other)$1.4MPermanent Modular HousingSupportive Housing$1.4MGrants for Rental Protection & RelocationNon-Market Rental (Social Housing & Other)$1.3M2015-2018 Planning & Research - Non-Market HousingImplementation & Research$1.2MRenewal and Expansion of Grandview Fire Hall - Co-location of Affordable HousingNon-Market Rental (Social Housing & Other)$1.0M2019-2022 Affordable Housing - planning & studiesImplementation & Research$921k2019-2022 Capital Maintenance - Non-Market Housing FacilitiesNon-Market Rental (Social Housing & Other)$893kVancouver Affordable Housing Agency Prelim FundingNon-Market Rental (Social Housing & Other)$890kCo-Op Lease Grant ProgramNon-Market Rental (Social Housing & Other)$500kGrant - Urban Native Youth Association (Temporary Relocation)Non-Market Rental (Social Housing & Other)$500kGrants - NPO Lease Renewal ProgramNon-Market Rental (Social Housing & Other)$500k2019-2022 Chinatown Housing Partnership programNon-Market Rental (Social Housing & Other)$400k2019-2022 Furniture, Fixtures and Equipment for Non-Market HousingNon-Market Rental (Social Housing & Other)$400k2019-2022 Supportive Housing Grant programSupportive Housing$390k2015-2018 Capital Maintenance - Non-Market HousingNon-Market Rental (Social Housing & Other)$374kGrant - Atira (420 Hawks)Non-Market Rental (Social Housing & Other)$350kNon Market Housing Grant programNon-Market Rental (Social Housing & Other)$350kRemediation - Land Acquisition 1 - May 2016Non-Market Rental (Social Housing & Other)$330kGrant - Urban Native Youth AssociationNon-Market Rental (Social Housing & Other)$307kCapital Contribution - Jubilee RoomsNon-Market Rental (Social Housing & Other)$200kRemediation - Land Acquisition 1 - March 2016Non-Market Rental (Social Housing & Other)$200k2019-2022 Capital Maintenance - Non-Market HousingNon-Market Rental (Social Housing & Other)$110kNon-Market Housing Building Rehabilitation (Dec 2018)Non-Market Rental (Social Housing & Other)$100kNon-Market Housing Building Rehabilitation (Jan 2019)Non-Market Rental (Social Housing & Other)$100k2019-2022 Furniture, Fixtures and Equipments for Non-Market HousingNon-Market Rental (Social Housing & Other)$21kRemediation - Land Acquisition 2 - March 2016Non-Market Rental (Social Housing & Other)$20k

In the 2023–2026 Capital Plan: $670M, by sub-category

Non-market housing9 programs$418M
Land acquisition3 programs$164M
Low-income housing5 programs$41.0M
Purpose built rental housing3 programs$35.0M
Programs4 programs$9.0M
Prior Capital Plan Items1 programs$2.0M
About these figures

The 2021 budget file (2019-2022 Capital Plan) prints this service as “Affordable Housing”.

Each program is listed under the service the year’s budget file gives it; a program can move from one service to another between budgets.