This Housing Acceleration Action Plan was developed to support the City of Prince Rupert’s application to the Federal Housing Accelerator Fund, and adopted in October of 2023, with an update to the Plan adopted in October 2024 to accompany the City's second application to the Housing Accelerator Fund.
The Housing Accelerator Fund provides incentive funding to local governments encouraging initiatives aimed at increasing housing supply at a systems level. It also supports the development of complete, low-carbon and climate-resilient communities that are affordable, inclusive, equitable and diverse. The policies and programs proposed in this Housing Acceleration Action Plan therefore reflect these goals based on Prince Rupert’s unique context and housing needs. The Plan is intended to address the barriers to market and non-market housing development in Prince Rupert.
In adopting this plan, Council is not approving any specific bylaw amendments or policy actions, but rather signaling their commitment to support an increase in supply of housing that strategically meets the community’s needs. Actions described in this plan will involve community input and public process before implementation, especially those requiring bylaw amendments. Many of these actions are funding dependent; however several policy directions can and will be implemented without Federal grant support. All actions that require funding will be implemented only once grant funding is obtained.