by Tom Lisi, PublicSource
Pittsburgh City Council voted 8-0 to approve an inclusionary zoning pilot for Lawrenceville on Wednesday. Mayor Bill Peduto is expected to sign the affordable housing legislation into law by the end of next week, spokesman Tim McNulty said.
The ordinance, which will be on the books for 18 months, creates new affordable housing requirements for developers in Lawrenceville building at least 20 new housing units. Any such project must reserve 10% of new or substantially rehabilitated units for households that meet income requirements for below-market-rate housing.
The approval is an incremental victory for local affordable housing advocates, who have pushed city officials in recent years to take action on the area’s shortage of affordable housing for lower-income families.
“This is definitely a big deal, we’re waiting to see the effects of it,” said Celeste Scott, affordable housing organizer at Pittsburgh United. “It looks like some of the developments in Lawrenceville are already looking at it favorably on how they can implement it.”
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Lawrenceville inclusionary zoning pilot heads to Peduto’s desk after unanimous council approval
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