Mayor Andrea Horwath has won enough political support to veto a previous council vote to advance a contested plan for affordable housing on a municipal parking lot in downtown Stoney Creek.
Her bid to use “strong-mayor” powers passed on an 8-8 vote — it required the backing of more than one-third of council — to push forward the project that has sparked local resistance due to a resulting loss of parking spots.
A City of Hamilton map shows where two potential affordable-housing buildings would be situated on a Stoney Creek parking lot.
Coun. Matt Francis described Mayor Andrea Horwath’s veto of a vote rejecting a proposal for affordable housing on a Stoney Creek parking lot as “undemocratic.”
Mayor Andrea Horwath has used “strong mayor” powers advance a contested plan for affordable housing on a municipal parking lot in Stoney Creek.