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A
A
Pittsburgh
is
neither
livable
nor
affordable
for
low
and
moderate
income
families.
According
to
the
housing
allowance
of
Pennsylvania's
building
inclusive
community
study,
there
is
a
severe
shortage
of
housing
units
that
are
both
available
and
affordable.
The
shortage
amounts
to
over
twenty
1580
housing
units
that
Pittsburgh
doesn't
have
right
now,
it's
time
to
prioritize
low
and
moderate
income
residents
in
the
city
of
Pittsburgh
in
the
new
Pittsburgh,
every
worker
deserves
a
living
wage
and
every
family
deserves
a
clean,
decent,
affordable
and
safe
place
to
call
home.
A
That's
why
today
I'm
introducing
a
city
for
all
agenda,
making
Pittsburgh
a
livable
and
affordable
City
for
everyone,
including
affordable
housing,
for
all
living
wage
jobs
for
all
neighborhoods
safety
for
all
in
good
schools
were
all,
of
course,
income
and
housing
or
key
determinants
of
affordability.
The
Penn
Plaza
apartment
crisis
is
an
example
of
the
lack
of
affordable
and
available
housing
in
the
city
of
Pittsburgh
to
the
credit
of
mayor
Peduto
and
his
administration.
They,
along
with
state
representative
at
gainey,
pin
Plaza
residents
and
the
gum
burt's
pin.
A
Plazas
owners
have
reached
a
historic
landmark
agreement
to
monetary
assist
with
the
residents
relocation
and
provide
new
resources
and
commitments
to
build
future
low-income
housing.
This
agreement
and
negotiating
process
that
led
to
this
is
an
example
of
the
public-private
partnership
needed
to
address
the
issue
of
affordable
housing.
Today's
legislation
builds
upon
the
success
and
framework
and
process
of
that
agreement.
A
Today,
along
with
Councilman
lavelle
I,
introduced
for
significant
pieces
of
legislation
aimed
at
making
Pittsburgh
a
city
for
all
I
welcome
everyone,
the
mayor
members
of
council,
community
groups,
businesses
and
residents
to
all
work
together
in
public-private
ships
to
address
the
livability
and
affordability
of
our
city.
We
must
make
sure
that,
as
our
city
grows,
low
and
moderate-income
families
are
held
harmless.
In
addition
to
this
agenda,
I
am
pleased
to
be
joined
by
my
partner's,
who
will
work
to
make
elements
of
this
initiative
practical
and
concrete.
A
They
include
east
lib
redevelopment,
incorporated
the
Pittsburgh
reinvestment
group,
the
services,
employee,
International
Union,
the
keel
group,
members
of
the
Homewood
Community
Development
collaborative
the
East
Hills
consensus
group,
Nabi,
Christian
ministries,
Lincoln
lymington,
consensus
group
and
other
concerned
citizens
to
begin
this,
a
city
for
all
conversation
today
I
will
be
introducing
four
pieces
of
legislation:
first,
source
of
income,
anti-discrimination
ordinance.
This
legislation
amends
the
city,
fair
housing
law
to
include
source
of
income
as
a
protected
class,
which
will
prohibit
discrimination
based
on
income
in
many
housing
markets.
A
One
of
the
key
ways
housing
is
provided
to
low-income
tenants
is
through
a
housing
subsidy
such
as
the
Housing
Choice
Voucher
program.
Voucher
holders
often
face
blatant
discrimination
when
searching
for
housing
source
of
income.
Discrimination
makes
it
increasingly
difficult
for
vault
recipients
to
actually
use
their
vouchers.
A
Second,
affordable
housing
impact
statements,
affordable
housing
impact
statement
requires
developers
to
file
a
statement
to
telling
the
impact
of
major
development
upon
affordable
housing.
An
estimated
8,000
to
12,000
new
housing
units
are
proposed
to
be
built
in
the
city
of
Pittsburgh,
none
of
which
will
be
for
affordable
for
low-income
families.
The
city
needs
a
mechanism
to
track
the
impact
of
these
developments
upon
the
creation
or
the
preservation
of
affordable
housing.
A
Third,
the
way
each
review
committee
will
commission
a
study,
examines
the
suspension
number
of
low-income
workers
employed
in
our
cities,
anchor
institutions
and
industries,
these
hard-working
employees
who
work
full-time,
but
many
still
need
public
subsidies
to
subsidize
their
low
wages.
The
committee
will
develop
a
report
that
were
resubmitted
back
to
Council.
Last
but
not
least,
the
help
homewood
east
hills-
east
liberty,
la
Mer,
Lincoln,
lymington,
ball.
A
More
protection
initiative
will
bring
together
both
public
and
private
partners
to
develop
an
East
End
moulton
neighborhood,
affordable
housing
protection
strategy
that
will
capitalize
on
the
strengths
and
opportunities
of
the
eastern
market.
With
these
four
pieces
of
legislation,
building
upon
the
landmark,
penn
plaza
agreement,
we
begin
the
process
of
making
Pittsburgh
a
city
for
all
I'm
glad
to
be
joined
with
me
by
my
friends.
A
We're
going
to
ask
that
a
few
people
come
to
speak
first
of
all,
councilman
Daniel
avail
following
that
from
the
Pittsburgh
community
reinvestment
group
majestic
lane,
following
that
from
the
seiu
healthcare
Serena
coats
following
that
east
of
redevelopment
incorporated
mailing
buyers
and
then
finally,
a
community
resident
and
community
spokesman
from
the
community,
Apartment
Association
roots
are
fertile
in
that
order.
First,
councilman
lavelle.
Thank
you
very
much.
B
Good
morning,
I'm
very
pleased
to
stand
here
today
with
Reverend
Burgess
as
well
as
these
fine
individuals
from
the
community
Reverend
burgesses
comments
were
very
comprehensive.
I
just
want
to
make
two
important
points.
1
and
revin
Burgess
mentioned
this
as
well
that
our
city
continues
to
get
a
ton
of
accolades
and
be
considered
the
most
liveable.
We
continue
to
see
wonderful
developments
happening
in
the
East
End
happening
downtown
and
across
our
city,
but
those
developments
cannot
happen
at
the
expense
of
low
to
moderate
income
neighborhoods.
B
Those
developments
cannot
happen
at
the
expense
of
those
who
are
already
here
of
those
who
already
only
make
an
average
income
in
the
city
of
Pittsburgh
of
approximately
thirty-four
thousand
dollars.
We
have
to
make
sure
that
those
individuals
and
those
communities
grow
not
at
the
same
rate
as
the
wonderful
developments
that
are
happening
but
more
expeditiously.
We
have
to
be
very
serious
and
targeted
in
our
efforts,
which
brings
me
to
my
second
point:
this
agenda
cannot
be
done
on
the
cheap.
This
is
going
to
cost,
and
my
colleagues
remember.
B
Jizz
myself
are
additional
colleagues
on
council
and
the
administration
are
going
to
have
to
prioritize
this
effort.
I've
said
since
the
first
day,
I
came
to
council
that
if
we
have
ten
communities
in
ten
dollars,
we
can
no
longer
afford
to
give
each
community
one
dollar,
because
for
so
many
years
a
number
of
those
communities
were
not
getting
their
entire
dog.
They
were
getting
fifty
percent
25-cent,
maybe
75
cent
at
the
best.
We've
now
got
to
be
very
intentional
and
say
we
have
to
give
these
underserved
neighborhoods
two
of
those
ten
dollars.
B
C
So
thank
you
to
councilman,
Burgess
and
councilman
lavelle
for
continued
to
expand
a
conversation
about
an
issue
that
is
vital
to
the
future
of
our
great
city.
As
pcr
g,
we
support
the
concept
of
the
expansion
of
the
discussion
and
what
it
means
for
our
neighborhoods.
As
many
of
you
know,
PCR
G
is
a
membership
organization
made
up
of
groups
from
all
over
the
region,
so
our
members
are
having
conversations
on
the
ground
in
knowing
what's
happening
about.
You
know:
affordable
housing
and
low
to
moderate
income
displacement.
C
We
feel
the
pressures
and
know
how
important
it
is
to
preserve
the
fabric
and
the
character
of
this
great
region,
and
so
many
of
us
know
in
love.
There
are
many
things
our
members
are
doing
all
across
the
region
to
maintain
and
expand
low
to
moderate
income,
housing
and
affordable
housing.
So
it's
great
to
see
this
conversation,
elevated
by
elected
officials.
We
know
that
this
is
only
the
beginning
of
the
dialogue
needed
to
make
systemic
change.
C
So,
as
the
conversation
grows,
we
look
to
include
the
voices
of
all
of
those
who
have
been
working
for
decades
to
make
Pittsburgh
a
safe,
healthy
inequitable
City.
We
know
that
there
will
be
a
strong
community
engagement
process
component
of
this
process
that
will
enable
us
or
complete
all
hands
together
to
make
sure
that
Pittsburgh
is
truly
a
livable
city
for
all
of
its
residents.
Thank.
D
Good
morning-
and
thank
you
remember
just
for
how
lighting
a
problem
does
so
many
service
workers
have
been
talking
about
how
to
make
the
city
one
where
all
Pittsburghers
can
thrive.
Service
workers
are
proud
of
our
city
and
we
see
all
the
new
things
that
are
happening
here,
but
it
can
sometimes
seem
like
the
city
is
leaving
many
behind
as
a
full-time
health
care
worker.
At
one
of
Pittsburgh's
anchor
institutions,
I
take
home
to
17
thousand
four
hundred
dollars
a
year,
that's
less
than
three
hundred
and
fifty
dollars
a
week.
D
That
means
often
having
to
decide
between
food,
rent
and
gas.
There
were
thousands
and
thousands
of
workers,
just
like
myself.
Pittsburgh
is
changing
and
in
some
ways
it's
getting
more
difficult.
Rents
are
going
up
and
some
service
workers
have
had
to
relocate
from
the
neighborhoods.
They
grew
up
in
and
move
outside
of
the
city
because
they
can't
afford
to
live
here
anymore.
Surfers
workers
like
may
exemplify
all
of
the
values
that
may
piss
pro-grade.
We
work
hard.
We
look
student,
we
look
after
our
families.
We
strive
to
get
ahead.
D
We
do
the
work
that
keeps
our
anchor
institutions
going.
We're
good
neighbors
a
city
for
all
means
having
communities
in
which
we
can
all
afford
to
live
in
jobs
that
can
sustain
families.
We
look
forward
to
working
with
reverend
verges
on
this
important
agenda
so
that
everyone
who
helps
to
make
Chris
Brooke
thrive
can
thrive
themselves.
Thank
you.
E
Good
morning,
everyone
I'm
alien
minus
vo
di
I'm,
so
very
very
happy
to
be
here.
I
cannot
say
this
is
a
long
time
coming.
I
am,
is
so
honored
and
grateful
to
have
such
a
city,
council
or
mayor
I
want
to
come
in
reven,
Burgess,
also
labelled
for
all
his
helpers
initiative.
We
do
in
fact
have
a
lot
of
work
to
do.
This
is
just
the
beginning
of
a
serious
conversation.
E
I
think
what
intrigued
me
and
these
documents
is
the
mere
fact
not
just
the
wages-
that's
very,
very
important
to
housing,
but
also
the
whole,
the
residents
harmless,
no
matter
what
developments
come
into
our
communities,
we
have
to
be
mindful,
and
that
is
nothing
wrong
with
rebuilding
communities,
but
we
have
to
be
sure
there
is
standing
by
the
families.
Can
I
speak
for
themselves
or
do
for
themselves?
We
have
to
be
the
voice.
We
have
to
not
just
do
what
we
say
we
have
to
deliver.
E
This
is
wonderful,
but
doesn't
mean
anything's
on
a
piece
of
paper.
We
all
have
to
come
together.
Work
together
and
I'm
very,
very
pleased.
This
initiative
in
the
East
End
is
going
to
be
realization
and
because
we
take
this
very,
very
seriously,
I'm
very
proud
and
I
want
to
speak
on
behalf
of
the
people,
passive
families.
That
was
a
painful
time.
It
was
a
wake-up
call,
and
it's
not
just
here
in
the
city
of
Pittsburgh's
across
this
country,
affordable
housing
is
very,
very
important,
crying
abandonment
vacancies
rot.
E
We
have
to
get
in
front
of
this
because
the
housing
stock
is
here
was
being
depleted.
We
have
to
get
together
come
together
with
the
strategy
and
we're
talking
about
all
our
partners.
We
all
have
to
come
together,
our
city,
our
bank
partners,
the
communities
all
of
us
have
to
come
together
as
one
voice
to
take
this
on,
and
we
have
to
be
serious
about
this.
It's
going
to
be
a
lot
of
work.
Organizing
and
what's
important
is
to
educate
families
about
what
does
this
mean?
What
is
it
mean
of
the
identification?
E
What
does
it
mean
about
displacement?
Why
am
I
being
displaced?
What
does
this
mean
to
me
and
then
we're
going
to
do
the
really
to
stop
this
or
get
in
front
of
this?
To
ensure
that
the
comfort,
though,
when
they
wake
up
when
they
hear
the
word
with
come
into
homes
like
homewood
larimer,
link,
leaky,
lymington,
these
hills,
that's
a
frightful
thing
when
you've
been
there
dealing
with
crime
dealing
with
dealing
with
rot
and
wondering
what's
going
to
have
to
be
next
East
Liberty
was
example.
E
I
want
to
say
lessons
learned:
we've
done
a
tremendous
job
turn
around
at
market
east
liberty
used
to
be
the
third-largest
downtown,
but
it's
meant
to
be
enjoyed
by
all
of
us
all
of
us.
It
doesn't
matter
if
you're
building
nice
I
don't
want
some
apartment,
I'm
talking
about
amenities,
rest
on
stores
and
shops,
and
they
can
enjoy
them.
They
can't
come
there
and
have
a
meal.
They
can't
walk
down
the
streets
to
save
parks.
It's
about
all
of
us
working
together
and
we're
talking
about
not
just
a
whole.
Mr.
E
for
up
to
the
very
top.
It's
about
all
of
working
together,
protect
those
who
Kenda
I'm
talking
about
I'm
talking
about
wholeness
I
am
talking
about
the
seniors,
and
this
is
able,
and
I've
mentioned
our
veterans,
so
I'm
all-in
and
I
very
happy
to
be
here.
Talk
about
the
help,
misha
tip
for
the
East
End
of
Pittsburgh
and
I
stand
ready
to
support
my
colleagues
and
this
very
fine
day.
Thank
you
very
much.
F
My
name
is
Rashad
birdsong,
communion
private
Association
and
also
represent
the
home
with
community
development
collaboration.
We
support
this
is
legislation
that
Reverend,
burgers
and
Councilman
the
veil
is
submitting,
but
also
we
got
taken
to
a
consideration
that
Pittsburgh
have
some
deep-seated
systemic
social
issues
that
have
to
be
taken
into
consideration.
Also,
it's
easy
to
pass
legislation,
but
then
it
comes
down
to
policy
implementation
for
the
last
five
years.
F
During
several
reports
about
particularly
these
type
of
neighborhoods,
they
are
low
social
indicators
of
everything,
housing,
employment,
violence,
education
they
go
on
and
on
and
on
and
on.
We
have
to
have
a
comprehensive
holistic
society
to
bring
people
together,
the
private
sector,
the
public
sector,
the
community
and
most
of
all
the
community,
because,
unfortunately,
things
like
this
is
divorced
and
disengage
from
our
community.
We
need
to
make
sure
that
people
on
the
ground-
that's
filling
an
impact
of
years
of
neglect,
belated
communities,
unemployment
over
employment
and
also
violence
in
our
communities.
F
Since
2005,
we
have
close
to
1,500
african-american
men,
boys
and
children
who
have
been
shot
or
killed
through
violence
in
inner
city.
So
when
we
begin
to
talk
about
legislation,
we
got
to
look
at
some
of
the
deep-seated
historical
roots
that
has
spawned
the
behavior
that
we
see
in
our
community
and
we
have
to
get
on
the
ground
and
make
sure
we
push
it
and
also
they
got
to
be
monitored
implementation
because
we
have
supportive
policies
similar
this
for
years,
but
unfortunately,
there
was
no
complete
volume.
F
So
hopefully
you
know
this
is
going
to
happen
if
something's
long
needed
and
particularly
in
areas
that
we
talked
about,
because
that's
where
the
concentrated
power-
that's
where
you
know
pockets
of
violence
is
that's
where
the
homelessness
is.
So
we
support
this
here
in
our
we
want
to
thank
Reverend,
Burgess
and
consummate
avail
for
being
progressive
and
forward-thinking.
This
bail,
thank
you.
A
Again,
I'm
going
to
take
all
of
the
partners
for
coming
on
this
morning
and
making
a
special
show
to
show
that
we
are
united.
If
there's
any
quick
questions,
I
can
answer,
I
need
members
who
are
here
can
answer
we're
open
for
just
a
few
questions.
If
not,
if
not,
thank
you
very
much
for
coming
and
we
will
continue
this
conversation.