Vancouver city council approves land-use strategy, including plans for housing, transportation, child care

Jean J. Sanders

Vancouver town council has permitted a land-use system aimed at reshaping the town to turn into more “equitable, livable, inexpensive and resilient” in the yrs to occur.

In a assertion, the city said the Vancouver Approach represents “a new way for the town to improve,” developing a lot more housing alternatives across all neighbourhoods even though increasing social housing, transportation selections and other infrastructure as well.

Theresa O’Donnell, typical manger of scheduling, urban structure and sustainability, claims it is the initially time in Vancouver’s historical past that the city has a “thorough direction” for potential progress, one that’s co-ordinated with other concentrations of government.

The upcoming move will be for council to approve motions directing team to decide how renter protections and developer contributions fit into the plan’s implementation.

Eyesight for the future

Mayor Kennedy Stewart suggests it marks a new route ahead for the future of Vancouver, “guided by the guarantee of creating every neighbourhood far more very affordable, equitable and lively for everyone.”

“We are a city of renters, and all of us are worthy of the opportunity to reside a great lifetime in any neighbourhood,” Stewart said on Friday. 

“The Vancouver Program will expand housing choice and develop new possibilities in areas of the metropolis that have been largely off limits these days — all without having displacing extensive-time renters.”

Vancouver Mayor Kennedy Stewart, pictured right here in December 2021, states the approach will make more selections for housing in the metropolis ‘without displacing long-time renters.’ (Ben Nelms/CBC)

O’Donnell suggests Vancouver will be property to about 260,000 more persons with up to 210,000 extra work opportunities by 2050, and the new technique allows the town to prepare for the future.

The strategy outlines the city’s eyesight in 11 plan spots: housing economy local climate ecology transportation kid treatment neighborhood infrastructure arts, society and heritage general public areas watersheds and drinking water methods and foods devices.

The new land-use approach will direct new housing selections towards minimal-density neighbourhoods that are “loaded in features,” although also adding amenities and solutions in regions that are presently underserved.

The town plans to drastically boost the supply of social and supportive housing and support Indigenous-led housing and wellness assignments.

It has also occur up with a framework to guard environmentally friendly area and tree canopies, and restore ecosystems, though creating “an integrated community of community spaces, ecological corridors” and inexperienced ways for active transportation. 

It says the objective is for 76 for each cent of Vancouver citizens to dwell in just a five-moment stroll of retailers and solutions, up from the present-day 58 for every cent.

Other objectives involve the enlargement of infrastructure and companies ranging from immediate transit hubs to cost-effective little one-treatment areas to community washrooms across the city.

The program was designed over two and a half years, and the city says there was intensive community engagement, specialized evaluation and stakeholder input.

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