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Vancouver updates: rental-habitability registration, $500,000 AHF homeownership award to Habitat for Humanity, CAPER highlights
Summary
City of Vancouver staff updated the board on the rental-habitability registration implementation, an Affordable Housing Fund homeownership award to Habitat for Humanity for a 32-unit cottage cluster, and the city’s CAPER that reported $2.7 million distributed to community programs.
Samantha Whitley of the City of Vancouver told the Community Action Advisory Board that the city is on track to launch a rental-habitability registration system Jan. 1 after a competitive procurement process. She said the city received five proposals, narrowed them to two vendors and is demoing systems with an expectation to contract in the coming weeks.
Ian Alger, Vancouver’s homeownership coordinator, described the city’s Affordable Housing Fund (AHF) homeownership award for 2026. “This year we had two applications and our scoring committee advised that we go with Habitat for Humanity’s 32-unit cottage-cluster project,” Alger said. He said the local award will serve as local match for state funding applications; construction is expected in 2026 with homes selling in late 2026 or early 2027.
Highlights from Vancouver’s CAPER (Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report): the city reported distributing about $2.7 million in CDBG and HOME funds in the prior year. The CAPER summary noted 19 agencies under contract, 17 homeowners assisted to purchase affordable homes, 194 businesses supported via microenterprise assistance, 182 young people served through foster-related contracts, about 3,500 people receiving homeless services (not unduplicated), and 39 households receiving rental assistance. Alger and Whitley clarified those service totals are not unduplicated counts; they come from agencies’ quarterly reports and can include repeat attendees at outreach events.
Public comment and questions: Board members asked about duplication in counts; staff confirmed totals are not unduplicated and explained how the city compiles quarterly reports. The CAPER will be available for public comment and will be presented to the Vancouver City Council on Sept. 15, Whitley said.
Ending: the city will continue outreach and will present contract and CAPER decisions to the council as scheduled; the board did not act on the items at the meeting.
