In an exciting milestone, the newly created Burnaby Housing Authority (BHA) has advanced its first two projects that together would deliver 387 new rental homes across the city.

Burnaby City Council has approved changes to the R1 Zoning Bylaw to reduce the height and size of small-scale multi-unit housing (SSMUH) projects, aiming to protect neighbourhood character and livability.

The City of Burnaby is amending the 2025-2029 Financial Plan to incorporate the transfer of up to $100 million to the Burnaby Housing Authority, which helps create more secure, purpose-built housing.

Burnaby is one of the first cities in North America to adopt a height-based approach to zoning, a back-to-basics approach that scraps complex rules common to most jurisdictions in favour of a simple framework that will get new homes built much faster.

Burnaby residents recently moved into 203 units of newly built non-market housing, following the completion of another housing project developed on City-owned lands.

Burnaby residents have started to move into 134 units of non-market housing, created through a partnership between the City of Burnaby, Catalyst Community Developments Society and the Canadian Mortgage Housing Corporation (CMHC).

On February 25, 2025, Council accepted an annual report on the City’s HOME Strategy (adopted 2021), a 10-year plan of action designed to foster an inclusive, livable community with housing for a variety of incomes and needs.

Construction has begun on a new residential tower which will create 220 units of replacement rental housing, where displaced tenants will have the opportunity to return to new homes with the same rent and number of bedrooms as before (plus any Residential Tenancy Act rent increases).

The City of Burnaby will activate an overnight warming centre at 7320 Buller Avenue on February 1, providing extra capacity for vulnerable people to take shelter from winter weather.

The City of Burnaby is making it easier for new homebuilders to explore expanded options for developing their property, by publishing a housing design library.