An apartment building in the Oakland neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. | woodsnorthphoto / Shutterstock
A legal challenge to Pittsburgh’s inclusionary zoning law could change the way affordable housing is built in the city.
According to reporting by Madaleine Rubin in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, the city is being sued by the Builders Association of Metropolitan Pittsburgh, which argues that the requirement to include affordable housing is an unconstitutional burden on developers, who claim each affordable housing unit costs an added $400,000 to $600,000. “In court filings, the city has countered that Walnut Capital did not request any exemption from inclusionary zoning while obtaining city approvals on the project.”…