Bob Damewood helped research and draft an Inclusive zoning (IZ) overlay zoning district that would require that new housing developments in one of Pittsburgh’s most rapidly gentrifying neighborhoods (Lawrenceville) set…
Category: Policy: Affordable Housing
Housing Trust Fund work in Pittsburgh
Bob Damewood worked to secure the creation of a Housing Trust Fund in Pittsburgh, which will provide $10M per year for housing-related activities. The work was remarkable for many reasons,…
Create LIHTC Preference for CHODOs
Mark Schwartz & Dina Schlossberg worked with DCED to secure change to the QAP to provide a preference for Community Housing Development Organizations (CHODOs). The state receives money that it…
Pittsburgh City Council Funds Housing Opportunity Fund
Mullin & Lonergan Associates, Inc. estimates that the City of Pittsburgh lacks 20,000 units of affordable housing for people with extremely low incomes. To respond to this significant challenge, RHLS Staff…