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VANCOUVER – Vancouver City Council has approved, with amendments, updates to the city’s framework, with the intent to create a “more transparent approach” to funding infrastructure and amenities through development contributions.

The updated framework modernizes how these contributions are collected, responding to recent (Bill 46) by introducing more standardized funding tools and reducing reliance on project-by-project negotiations, a release reads.

A key update is a new city-wide Amenity Cost Charge (ACC).

Beginning Sept. 30, the ACC will become the city’s primary tool for funding community amenities. These are standardized, per-square-foot charges applied to new development that provide dedicated funding for .��

“A clear and consistent development contribution framework benefits everyone,” said Josh White, general manager of planning, urban design and sustainability, in a statement. “By replacing many of the project-by-project negotiations with more standardized funding tools, these changes improve certainty for developers and provide the city with more predictable funding to support long-term planning.” 

Additional changes to development contributions include: 

• Updating Development Cost Levies (DCLs) to fund facilities, infrastructure and services not covered by the ACC and encourage new housing and job space. To support project viability, council also approved maintaining the approved in December 2025, the release notes.
• Reducing reliance on negotiated Community Amenity Contributions (CACs) over time, limiting their use to larger and more complex rezonings.��
• Expanding incentives for rental and affordable housing and exempting 100 per cent employment rezonings from CAC negotiations to support below-market housing delivery.
• Integrating public art funding into the ACC framework, establishing a more reliable funding source.��

In June, council also approved phasing out most of the city’s density bonuses in favour of more “inclusionary zoning, which requires affordable housing to be built directly into new developments instead of cash-in-lieu payments,” the release explains.

This change complies with .

The updated development contribution framework will be implemented through the 2027-2030 Capital Plan and future budget reporting.��