Women, gender-diverse people and their dependent children now have access to 48 affordable rental homes with the opening of a new building in Courtenay.

Families in Courtenay will have access to child care spaces located at Arden and Glacier View Elementary schools.

From Infrastructure Canada: https://www.canada.ca/en/office-infrastructure/news/2024/04/federal-and-provincial-governments-invest-in-active-transportation-infrastructure-in-the-city-of-courtenay.html

People experiencing homelessness in Courtenay may have access to additional support as the Province, through BC Housing, has purchased land for a proposed supportive housing and permanent overnight shelter.

Construction is underway on the first student housing at North Island College (NIC) in the Comox Valley, which will provide more than 200 students with a place to live on campus.

People experiencing a mental-health or substance-use crisis will soon have access to a new community-led crisis response team.

The Province, through BC Housing, is in the process of purchasing the Super 8 hotel in Courtenay to ensure residents of the Travelodge are not left without housing when that lease expires in late June 2023.