Metro Vancouver NewsMetro Vancouver lowers Development Cost Charge ratesVancouver lowers DCCsPhoto: Optimist file photo. The Metro Vancouver board room. Metro Vancouver has rolled back its 2026 development cost charge (DCC) rates to 2025 levels and lowered its 2027 rate increases“Metro Vancouver heard the feedback that we needed to take action to help support new housing construction by lowering development cost charges,” said Mike Hurley, Chair of the Metro Vancouver Boards in a news release. In April, the Metro Vancouver Regional District, Greater Vancouver Water District, and Greater Vancouver Sewerage and Drainage District boards introduced bylaws to lower DCC rate increases. Metro Vancouver collects DCCs from new development to help fund the critical regional water and wastewater infrastructure needed to accommodate growth.