Wilmington Mayor John Carney vetoes affordable housing trust ordinance

Wilmington City Council may consider overriding a veto from Mayor John Carney over an affordable housing trust.

Council passed an ordinance establishing the trust and an oversight board earlier this month. Carney called the efforts duplicative of Council’s Housing subcommittee in a written statement.

“Although I share Council’s commitment to expanding affordable housing opportunities, this ordinance does not create a functional or effective mechanism for doing so,” Carney wrote…

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