As tiny homes arrive in Hamilton, councillors ask why city bought made-in-China units for $35K each
When City of Hamilton staff agreed to buy 40 tiny homes from a Brantford, Ont., company for a new outdoor shelter site last fall, they thought they were supporting a local, Indigenous-owned business that was one of the few capable of delivering on a short timeline.
What they didn’t know was MicroShelters was a new corporation that would go through an American company to order the tiny homes from China, staff said at a general issues committee meeting Wednesday.
“It was a very quick turnaround” to meet deadlines on the project, said Danielle Blake, the city’s manager of housing-focused street outreach.
