The Metro Vancouver Regional District recently released an update to its Housing Data Book, which provides a wide range of statistics about housing in our region. I wanted to look at some of the updated data.
Langley City continued to punch above its weight regarding BC Housing's non-market (subsidized) housing. BC Housing funds 6.3% of the total housing units in Langley City. Only the City of Vancouver has a higher percentage at 7.6%.
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| BC Housing Non-Market Housing Units (2024) as Percentage of Total Dwellings (2021 Census), Metro Vancouver |
Looking further into the data, Langley and Delta have seen the fastest growth in people on the BC Housing registry. The number of non-market housing units likely needs to double region-wide, including in Langley, to help reduce the waitlist.
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| Growth of the BC Housing Registry (2020 to 2024) and Total Households |
There is also below-market rental housing, which isn't funded by BC Housing and isn't reflected in this data.
Another interesting statistic is that Langley City has the most urban redevelopment profile of any municipality in Metro Vancouver. 98% of housing units built between 2020 and 2024 were apartments or townhomes/rowhomes. Langley City lags behind other municipalities with the construction of new purpose-built rental housing.
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| Multi-Unit Housing Starts as Percentage of Total Housing Starts, 2020 to 2024 (Five-Year Average), Metro Vancouver |
For more information, please look at the Metro Vancouver Housing Data Book.
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