To help deliver the facilities and infrastructure needed to serve a growing Vancouver, we look to ensure that new development contributes to neighbourhoods where change occurs.
Development contributions come in the form of Community Amenity Contributions (CACs), Development Cost Levies (DCLs), and density bonus zoning.
What's happening2026 financing growth update
We're currently working on a comprehensive update to our development contribution tools, which includes a compliance change to density bonusing and changes to our rates and policies.
Development Viability Initiatives
In 2025, Council approved a package of development viability initiatives to help unlock new housing supply. The changes to development contributions take effect immediately and include:
- Temporary 20% reduction to DCLs
- Temporary 20% reduction to public art cash contributions
- Allowing projects with total DCLs over $500,000 to pay the DCLs over 2 instalments out to occupancy
- Lowering the threshold for cash CAC deferrals
- Increasing the use of surety bonds
For details, review:
Types of development contributions
The community benefits above are delivered with help from these types of development contributions.
Guiding principles on development contributions
We manage the increased demands for facilities by following these principles:
- Community liveability should be maintained as the city grows.
- New developments should contribute to the cost of growth and their impact on the community.
- The cost of City facilities and services should be shared between new and existing developments.
- The economic impact of our development contributions should not affect development or housing affordability.
- Our system should be consistent, transparent, simple, and flexible.
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