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Pittsburgh Councilman Bobby Wilson introduced his new legislation to local press by talking through the back-of-a-napkin math of how an affordable housing project in his District One neighborhood of Fineview got bogged down in delay and added cost.
A nonprofit trying to build affordable townhomes last year in Pittsburgh’s Fineview neighborhood couldn’t get the project off the ground because of zoning hurdles. On Tuesday, the councilman who represents that area proposed legislation to eliminate the barriers that hindered that development. “We cannot let the zoning block us in
Rick Swartz believes the 25 affordable houses his group is building in Garfield will help transform a neighborhood that illustrates how Pittsburgh is tackling development, blight and housing-market trends. The Bloomfield-Garfield Corp. executive director walked through the wooden-beamed skeleton of a home under construction at 234 N. Aiken Ave., pausing
A zoning variance for an affordable housing project in Pittsburgh’s Fineview neighborhood has been overturned by a judge, forcing the project back to square one. Earlier this month, Common Pleas Judge Mary McGinley ruled that a variance should not have been granted to the community group the Fineview Citizens Council