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Housing Affordability in Nestor

Coquitlam’s housing affordability strategy

The development, dubbed Residences at The Heights, is being built in the Austin Heights neighbourhood on Charland Avenue near Blue Mountain Street, and will include 41 rental units.

The project is the first to be built under Coquitlam’s housing affordability strategy, which was passed in December 2015, and is the first market rental development to be built in the city in roughly 40 years.

This year to date, the city council has approved allocating $4.1 million from the developer-funded Affordable Housing Reserve Fund to support 153 affordable homes in two separate projects. The municipal government is anticipating further funding requests for projects that could support the creation of nearly 700 additional non-market rental units combined, including 3100 Ozada Avenue near SkyTrain’s Lafarge Lake-Douglas Station.

There are also plans to create new affordable housing at the former Burquitlam Lions Care Centre site at 560 Sydney Avenue, owned by the city.

Resources for Renters & Landlords

1. BC Residential Tenancies
2. Tenant Resource and Advisory Centre
3. Purpose-Built Rental Housing Redevelopment – Tenant Assistance Policy (PDF)
4. Mobile Home Park Redevelopment Tenant Assistance Policy (PDF)
5. BC Residential Tenancies – COVID-19 State of Emergency

Nestor Schools

Nestor Elementary Schools ( Grades k-5) Ecole Nestor Elementary

Nestor Middle Schools (Grades 6-8) –

Nestor High/ Secondary Schools (Grades 9-12) –

Private Schools in Coquitlam

Entertainment and Recreation

The Coquitlam Crunch (a popular trail primarily used for exercise) in Eagle Ridge starts off Landsdowne Dr near Eagle Ridge Elementary School and climbs straight up Westwood Plateau in Coquitlam. The total return-trip is 4.4 kilometers and takes about 1.5 hours on average. The Coquitlam Crunch runs under a power line and has a net elevation of 242 m.

Don’t be surprised if you run into a few bears on the way.

Transportation

Which SkyTrain stations are in Coquitlam?

• Burquitlam
• Coquitlam Central Station
• LaFarge Lake- Douglas Station
• Lincoln

Translink and Coast Mountain Bus Service (CMBS) provide the City of Coquitlam with public transit and trip planning. View current alerts, fares and passes, and transit system maps for more information.

Transit schedules

There are several Sky Train stations that serve the City of Coquitlam.

Coquitlam is served by TransLink, which is responsible for both public transit and major roads.

The city has four SkyTrain stations on the Millennium Line that are a part of the 10.9 km (6.8 mi) long Evergreen Extension.^[57] With a project cost of $1.4 billion, the line runs from the Coquitlam City Centre area, through Coquitlam Central Station and into Port Moody, re-entering Coquitlam on North Road and finally joining the existing Millennium Line at Lougheed Town Centre.

There is regular bus service on numerous lines running throughout the city and connecting it to other municipalities in Metro Vancouver, with a major exchange at Coquitlam Central Station.

The West Coast Express, with a stop at Coquitlam Central Station, provides commuter rail service west to downtown Vancouver and east as far as Mission.^] WCE operates Monday to Friday only (excluding holidays), with five trains per day running to Vancouver in the morning peak hours and returning through Coquitlam in the evening peak hours.

View Translink’s schedules below for all their transportation options:

• Bus schedules
• SkyTrain schedules
• SeaBus schedules
• West Coast Express schedules