May 16-Pittsburgh has long faced an uphill battle in creating affordable housing, challenged for years by an aging housing stock and a significant shortage of low-cost units.
But at an annual meeting on Friday for Action Housing – a Pittsburgh-based nonprofit focused on affordable housing – the focus was the future.
State officials at the meeting previewed Pennsylvania’s housing action plan – an outline of how the state can increase low-cost housing and preserve existing units, make homes more affordable and more efficiently address housing needs, which is set to be completed by Sept. 12…