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Affordable housing programs in BC

Programs that may help with rent, below-market homes, or other affordable housing in BC. Open a program to learn more and see official next steps.

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  • Burnaby RUZP / Inclusionary Rental

    Below-market rental unit · Below-market rental

    Below-market rental homes secured in new Burnaby buildings under the city's Rental Use Zoning Policy. Rents are about 20% below market.

  • Capital Region Housing Corporation: Affordable Stream

    Below-market rental unit · Below-market rental

    The CRHC Affordable stream is a below-market rental program run by Capital Region Housing Corporation, the housing arm of the Capital Regional District in Greater Victoria. It is built for middle-income households who earn too much to qualify for the BC Housing Registry but cannot absorb open-market rents. Income limits run from $50,001 to $84,780 for studios and one-bedrooms, and from $50,001 to $134,140 for two-bedrooms and larger. Rents are set below the local CMHC market average (a 2BR averaged $2,121 in October 2025) and adjusted to your income band rather than calculated as a fixed percentage of earnings.

  • Capital Region Housing Corporation: Subsidized Stream

    Below-market rental unit · Below-market rental

    The CRHC Subsidized stream serves three priority populations in Greater Victoria: seniors aged 55 and over, families with dependent children, and persons with disabilities (PWD). Income ceilings are tighter than the Affordable stream and vary by household type and unit size: $50,000 for any senior household, $65,000 for a family in a 2BR, $82,000 for a family in a 3BR, and $95,500 for a family in a 4BR or larger. Capital Region Housing Corporation runs this stream as a parallel system to the BC Housing Registry, not a replacement, and applications go directly to CRHC.

  • City of North Vancouver Mid-Market Rental (MMR)

    Below-market rental unit · Below-market rental

    The City of North Vancouver requires 10% of homes in new rental buildings to be rented at 10% below market rent. Local residents and workers get first priority.

  • Richmond LEMR

    Below-market rental unit · Below-market rental

    Richmond's Low End of Market Rental program offers homes at 10% below the local average rent. Income and a $100,000 asset cap are tested at move-in.

  • Vancouver MIRHPP / BMR

    Below-market rental unit · Below-market rental

    Vancouver's Moderate Income Rental Housing Pilot Program (MIRHPP) closed to new approvals in 2022. Renters can still apply at the roughly 20 buildings already approved.

  • Affordable Rental Housing in Abbotsford

    Below-market rental unit · Below-market rental

    There is no single affordable rental program run by the City of Abbotsford. Below-market homes here are delivered through non-profit operators and BC Housing-funded buildings.

  • Affordable Rental Housing in Delta

    Below-market rental unit · Below-market rental

    There is no single affordable rental program run by the Corporation of Delta. Below-market homes here are delivered through non-profit operators and rezoning agreements.

  • Affordable Rental Housing in Langley

    Below-market rental unit · Below-market rental

    There is no single below-market rental program run by the City or Township of Langley. Below-market homes here are delivered through BC Housing and non-profit operators.

  • Affordable Rental Housing in Maple Ridge

    Below-market rental unit · Below-market rental

    There is no single below-market rental program run by the City of Maple Ridge. Below-market homes here are delivered through BC Housing and non-profit operators.

  • Affordable Rental Housing in Nanaimo

    Below-market rental unit · Below-market rental

    There is no single below-market rental program run by the City of Nanaimo. Below-market homes here are delivered through BC Housing and non-profit operators like Pacifica Housing.

  • Affordable Rental Housing in Thompson-Okanagan (Other)

    Below-market rental unit · Below-market rental

    There is no single below-market rental program for Vernon, Penticton, Salmon Arm, Revelstoke, or Merritt. Below-market homes are run by non-profit operators in each town.

  • Affordable Rental Housing in Vancouver Island (Other)

    Non-profit below-market · Below-market rental

    There is no single below-market rental program for Duncan, Courtenay, Comox, Campbell River, or other Vancouver Island towns outside Greater Victoria. Non-profits run the homes.

  • Affordable Rental Housing in West Kelowna

    Below-market rental unit · Below-market rental

    There is no single below-market rental program run by the City of West Kelowna. Below-market homes are delivered through BC Housing and non-profit operators like Society of Hope.

  • Affordable Rental Housing in West Vancouver

    Below-market rental unit · Below-market rental

    West Vancouver does not have a city-wide below-market rental program. Kiwanis Village West is one of the main option for residents and local workers.

  • Chilliwack Affordable Rental Housing

    Below-market rental unit · Below-market rental

    There is no single affordable rental program run by the City of Chilliwack. Below-market homes here are run by non-profit operators and through case-by-case housing agreements.

  • Coquitlam BMR / AHRF

    Below-market rental unit · Below-market rental

    Below-market rental homes in new Coquitlam developments built through density bonuses. Rents and rules are set per building.

  • Kamloops Below-Market (LEM)

    Below-market rental unit · Below-market rental

    There is no single affordable rental program run by the City of Kamloops. Below-market homes here are run by non-profit operators and secured through housing agreements on new buildings.

  • New Westminster Inclusionary Housing

    Below-market rental unit · Below-market rental

    New Westminster requires new rental buildings of 10 or more homes to include 10% of units at rents at least 10% below the local average, sold to non-profit operators.

  • Pitt Meadows Non-Market Housing (MVHC)

    Non-profit below-market · Below-market rental

    Pitt Meadows' below-market rental supply runs through one main project, Heron's Nest. About 115 homes are operated by Metro Vancouver Housing.

  • Surrey Affordable Rental Housing (ARH)

    Below-market rental unit · Below-market rental

    Surrey's Affordable Rental Housing strategy is a planning framework, not a program you apply to directly. Renters apply to non-profit operators that run the buildings.

  • White Rock Housing Agreement Units

    Below-market rental unit · Below-market rental

    White Rock secures below-market rental homes through Housing Agreements on new buildings. Rent is set at least 20% below the local area average.