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Laneway Housing

Hamilton City Hall Wins Legal Battle to Charge Full Development Charges Against Laneway Housing

By Joey Coleman, Editor | March 10, 2019

The Owner of Hamilton’s First Laneway House Discovers that City Hall Rhetoric Is Meaningless as City Charges Full Development Charges and Parkland Fees.

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