City Making Vacant Land on Frederick Avenue Available for Affordable Housing

A 15.24-metre-wide parcel of vacant land at 75 & 83 Frederick Avenue will become an affordable housing site.

Right now, anyone walking past would see it as a vacant piece of property and wonder why there is a gap where two houses should be.

It is vacant because in 1906, the land was registered as a “road allowance” and intended to become part of what is today Edinburgh Avenue. That roadway’s terminus ended up being one block east, at Province Street North.

Now, nearly 120 years later, Hamilton City Council will approve “closing” this “road allowance” and, following the legalities of closing the road, make the land available to an affordable housing provider as part of the City’s affordable housing strategy.

Council will formally approve the change on May 28.

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Published: May 13, 2025
Last updated: May 16, 2025
Author: Joey Coleman

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