The Province of British Columbia launched the action phase of the Digitally Accelerated Standardized Housing (DASH) program on Feb. 10, 2026. The platform uses standardized, permit‑friendly blueprints to help municipalities — including priority candidates such as Pitt Meadows, B.C. — speed up approvals and get three- to six‑storey wood‑frame buildings into construction faster.
Builders and housing providers can use the DASH digital toolkit (acceleratedhousing.ca) to choose standardized designs and pre‑compliant blueprints that align with the 2024 BC Building Code. Because the designs are built to be permit‑friendly and include digital review tools, local staff can move projects through parts of the permitting process more quickly than with fully custom designs, the province says.
The City of Pitt Meadows has been issued a provincial housing target of 727 new housing units to be delivered by June 30, 2029. DASH’s focus on mid‑rise, multi‑family forms is intended to help communities meet targets like Pitt Meadows’ by making it quicker and less costly to develop missing‑middle housing in existing urban areas.
Pitt Meadows faces constrained developable land: the city’s official materials say nearly 80% of its land is within the Agricultural Land Reserve, and additional areas are restricted by floodplain and other site constraints. That limited land base is a major reason the city and the province are emphasizing mid‑rise infill rather than outward expansion.
Lisa Helps, Executive Lead, BC Builds Project Origination, described DASH as a “digital workbench” that helps industry and government collaborate to get homes built more quickly. Christine Boyle, Minister of Housing and Municipal Affairs, said: “Putting this made‑in‑B.C. innovation into action is helping us transform the way homes are built in B.C. and more quickly deliver the homes people need.” The initial DASH demonstration projects will be in Prince George and Abbotsford; Pitt Meadows has been identified as a priority candidate for subsequent rollout as it works to increase housing supply.
