The City is focused on addressing housing needs and challenges within Maple Ridge, with the aim of creating inclusive, sustainable, and affordable housing options for residents.
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Accessible and adaptable housing provides necessary inclusive housing for those with mobility challenges.
Detached Garden Suites (DGS) have been permitted in Maple Ridge since regulations were adopted in 2008 and continue to provide an important form of affordable housing in the City of Maple Ridge that benefits both renters and homeowners.
Council discussed the proposed Family-Friendly Housing Policy at the Committee of the Whole on Apr 15, 2025.
The Family-Friendly Housing Policy is part of the City's 2024 Proposed Housing Action Plan, which was supported by Council on November 12, 2024. It is intended to safeguard adequate housing for families and provide a greater diversity of housing choice for households in Maple Ridge. This will also better align the identified needs in the Housing Needs Report and to meet the provincial Housing Target Order unit-mix requirements for the City.
The City's data indicates that there is a growing supply of smaller units of studios, one bedroom units, more than what is the projected need, while very few family-sized units are being produced in apartments. The proposed Policy will encourage an increased number of family-sized units to be produced, providing housing choice and affordable options for people to live closer to amenities, services and transit as the City's key growth nodes in the Town Centre and the Lougheed Transit Corridor develop.
The draft Policy proposes unit-mix requirements in apartment residential and mixed-use residential developments with over ten dwelling units, where:
- A minimum of 40% of total units are required to be two-bedroom units or larger, and
- A minimum of 10% of total units are required to be three-bedroom units or larger
Council referred the proposed Family-Friendly Housing Policy back to staff at the Council Meeting on Apr 22, 2025, to consider market implications and possible incentives.
In early 2019, the RT-2 (Ground-Oriented Residential Infill) zone was adopted. This zone covers triplex, fourplex, and courtyard housing forms of development.
The City of Maple Ridge has received $16.6 million in funding from the Government of Canada’s Canada Housing Mortgage Corporation’s Housing Accelerator Fund (HAF) to increase housing supply and meet the growing demand for homes.
The Housing Action Plan discusses the strategies and initiatives from the 2024 Housing Needs Report and Housing Strategy.
There are a number of agencies working in the community to address homelessness. Each agency has created a list of "Frequently Asked Questions" (FAQs) to provide information on the work that their agency is doing in Maple Ridge to address the impacts of homelessness.
On June 26, 2024, the Province of BC issued Housing Targets (Ministerial Order No. M204) for the City of Maple Ridge, under the Housing Supply Act.
The Housing Target Order came into effect on July 1, 2024. The order sets out the total number of residential units required to be met over a five-year period by June 30, 2029. It also outlines the annual breakdown of this cumulative target, housing performance indicators, and progress reporting dates.
The Metro Vancouver Housing Data Book brings together a large collection of regional and municipal level data from a variety of sources in order to provide a comprehensive look at the region’s housing market and the people impacted by it. It provides highlights of the demographics in the City of Maple Ridge, household incomes, rates of housing construction, ownership housing, rental housing, as well as issues of housing need and homelessness in the City.
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Legislation introduced by the Provincial Government and effective as of November 30, 2023, aims to strengthen the housing supply throughout British Columbia. These changes cover regulations concerning Small-Scale Multi-Unit Housing within single-family and duplex zoned lots, Transit-Oriented Areas, Development Financing Tools.
These changes require adjustments to Maple Ridge's municipal regulations to align with the provincial mandates.
Secondary suites provide an important form of affordable housing in the City of Maple Ridge that benefits both renters and homeowners.
The Seniors Network is a non-profit, community planning table led by seniors for seniors. Their members include community-minded seniors, service providers, non-profit organizations, businesses, service clubs and representatives from various levels of government. They work in collaboration with each other and the community in order to improve the health and well-being of seniors in Maple Ridge, Pitt Meadows and Katzie First Nation in British Columbia.
Recent bylaw amendments required by provincial law will help to expand housing supply and affordability.
Maple Ridge has adopted policies to assist tenants of rental buildings that are redeveloped and to retain purpose-built rental housing.
If you have any questions, please contact the Planning Department by email at Planning@MapleRidge.ca or by phone at 604-467-7341.