A family home is not just an apartment with three bedroom labels.

Genuine Family Housing Standard

Build homes people can actually live in through different stages of life.

Homes counted toward a family-housing standard should be judged by how well they work, not just the number of bedroom labels on a plan.

• Secure and durable tenure
• Adequate usable interior area
• Real functional bedrooms rather than tiny dens
• Useful common living and dining space
• Storage and workable furniture placement
• Fewer wasted corridors
• Outdoor space or nearby park access
• Adaptability over different life stages
• Fair location within the building
• Affordability tracked separately from bedroom count

The binder contains working benchmarks for bedroom mix and usable area. They remain working details and will not become hard website promises until current housing data and the final thresholds are verified.

We’re building much smaller homes on much less land, but the price isn’t falling by much.

Family-oriented building forms

Use modern building forms to create better family apartments.

Support single-egress-stair and other modern forms where provincial rules permit them. The goal is better apartment layouts, not a promise about a particular code limit.

• Fewer long double-loaded corridors
• More flexible layouts
• Better three- and four-bedroom configurations
• Improved daylight and cross-ventilation where design permits
• Genuine family apartments rather than relying only on rowhouses

Right to Return

Redevelopment should not price people out of their own neighbourhood.

Develop an enforceable tenant-protection approach so eligible long-term renters displaced by redevelopment can return to a comparable replacement home at their previous rent, adjusted only by lawful Residential Tenancy Act increases.

• Comparable bedroom count
• A genuine right to return
• Moving and relocation assistance
• Interim housing assistance or rent top-up while rebuilding occurs
• Clear written notice and eligibility
• Follow-through and enforcement

Public and assistive housing

Make good housing projects possible and bring the right partners together.

Support social, non-market, supportive and Indigenous-led housing through senior-government partnerships, established providers and practical municipal coordination.

• Faster approvals
• Appropriate zoning and municipal coordination
• Partnerships with non-profit and Indigenous housing providers
• Lawful grants or other municipal tools where appropriate

The City should not default to selling public land to deliver housing.

Aging Well in North Vancouver

Help residents remain connected to their community as their needs change.

• Aging in place and greater housing choice
• Mobility and affordability
• Social connection and service navigation
• Redevelopment protections for existing residents
• Practical City processes for accessibility changes, secondary suites and shared family property arrangements
• A clear early checklist so families can confirm ownership and consent requirements before spending heavily
• Proportionate rules for short, low-impact activities such as temporary material delivery