Housing advocates looking for solution after wetlands protest

An affordable housing development slated for Dartmouth is raising questions over how the province is addressing the housing crisis. Mount Hope Village is expected to bring about 700 housing units to middle income earners, but a wetlands area would be filled in and protesters directly confronted a clear-cutting crew yesterday. As Graeme Benjamin reports, housing advocates are floating other options to prevent an escalation.

• N.S. housing advocates worry slated development on Eisner Cove won’t be affordable