A food distribution for Somali Bantu immigrants in Northview Heights. (Photo courtesy of Siraji Hassan)
Housing Authority leader vows that Northview residents won’t be without housing
by Rich Lord, PublicSource
Pittsburgh’s biggest public housing community, Northview Heights, would see demolition, construction and a net reduction of around 44 apartments under a plan that has cleared its first procedural hurdle.
The Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh board voted without dissent to approve the transfer of around four acres of Northview to the agency’s nonprofit arm, for construction of a 43-unit mid-rise building. That would then replace a deteriorating 87-unit high rise.
Agency officials said they couldn’t get federal Department of Housing and Urban Development approval to replace all 87 units on site.
Authority Executive Director Caster Binion said the authority hasn’t yet decided whether to attempt to replace the lost units on one other site, or in different locations. “We’re still working through that process. But no resident will be without housing,” he said.
The financial closing on the planned mid-rise construction is expected to occur around June. Northview now has 449 units.
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