ICBA to 19 More B.C. Mayors: Cut DCCs

Three of B.C.'s largest local governments have cut Development Cost Charges in the past 14 months. We're working to add more.

Surrey rolled back residential DCCs to 2023 rates in March 2025. With ICBA and the industry's encouragement, the Metro Vancouver Regional District Board adopted its "Roll Back and Reduce" alternative on April 15, 2026. Six days later — and five days after ICBA's letter to Council — Kelowna approved a 25 per cent reduction for two years.

The precedent argument is at peak strength. So today we're putting it to work.

ICBA has sent letters to 19 more B.C. mayors and councils, each asking for a temporary DCC reduction of 25 to 50 per cent for a minimum 24 months. We screened all 161 B.C. municipalities against Housing Supply Act target performance, CMHC starts and permit trends, condo-pipeline exposure, and current DCC posture, and narrowed to a top-priority list.

Each letter is tailored to the city's situation — laggards under provincial housing targets get a "this is your one remaining lever" framing; jurisdictions exceeding targets get a "protect your momentum" pitch; and cities mid-bylaw-update get a "use this moment" call to action. We've asked each be circulated to all councillors.

The construction industry wants to build in B.C. We're asking these councils to give us the conditions to do it.

Letters sent today:

• City of Port Coquitlam — Mayor Brad West
• District of West Vancouver — Mayor Mark Sager
• City of Burnaby — Mayor Mike Hurley
• City of Richmond — Mayor Malcolm Brodie
• City of Coquitlam — Mayor Richard Stewart
• City of Maple Ridge — Mayor Dan Ruimy
• City of Delta — Mayor George V. Harvie
• City of New Westminster — Mayor Patrick Johnstone
• City of North Vancouver — Mayor Linda Buchanan
• District of North Vancouver — Mayor Mike Little
• City of Pitt Meadows — Mayor Nicole MacDonald
• City of Port Moody — Mayor Meghan Lahti
• City of Langley — Mayor Nathan Pachal
• City of White Rock — Mayor Megan Knight
• City of Abbotsford — Mayor Ross Siemens
• City of Chilliwack — Mayor Ken Popove
• City of Mission — Mayor Paul Horn
• District of Saanich — Mayor Dean Murdock
• City of Victoria — Mayor Marianne Alto