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Pittsburgh City Council

Public Hearing Requiring City Council Approval for New Community Housing.

Written by Chris Maury

  • Councilperson Kail-Smith introduced legislation updating the zoning ordinances to consider "community housing" as a conditional use when built in residential zones.
  • By classifying community housing as a conditional use, final approval for new developments would lie with the City Council and not the zoning board.
  • Community housing is defined as group housing for 8 or more residents with disabilities as well as people coming from "a period of hospitalization or institutionalized treatment for a medical, psychiatric, developmental, emotional, or other disability or handicap. This does not include halfway houses for people leaving a correctional facility."
  • This legislation is in tension with the mayor's proposed fair housing amendment, which is focused on easing the process surrounding building new housing, with an emphasis on bridge housing for the unhoused. More details to come as this amendment makes its way through Council.

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City Council · November 19, 2024

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