Little Mountain Housing (33rd to 37th Avenues, between Ontario and Main Streets), was the oldest public housing development in Vancouver. It had 224 units-with one, two and three bedrooms. The stucco buildings were set in 15.27 acres and consisted of 176 three-storey walk-up apartments and 48 three-level rowhouses. The buildings were set apart from one another and from any neighbouring private houses by large tracts of grass. There were no retail or commercial facilities on site. The buildings were designed by Vancouver architects Sharp and Thompson, Berwick, Pratt between 1953 and 1954. The post-war baby boom produced a demand for housing and the federal government's new Canada (then Central) Mortgage and Housing Corporation responded by financing rental projects for low-income families.

The site is being redeveloped into a mix of new subsidized and market housing, along with community facilities and other neighbourhood amenities. To see the Little Mountain Policy Planning Program for this process, click here.