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URA moving forward on affordable housing at East Liberty site

Councilman Ricky Burgess, Mayor Bill Peduto & a host of faith leaders that make up the new Village Collaborative of East Liberty listen to Pam Collier of the Help Initiative at a community development announcement at East Liberty Presbyterian Church.

The board of the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh is slated to vote on measures to move forward with a plan to develop two city-owned parcels in the heart of East Liberty wth the goal of adding more affordable housing to the fast-gentrifying neighborhood.

The administration of Mayor Bill Peduto announced today that the URA expects to release a Request for Proposals to "build mixed-income housing" in April on what are now public parking lots on South Beatty and Mignonette Streets in East Liberty that neighbor the Ace Hotel Pittsburgh.

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