The Northside Chronicle
Volume 32 No. 8
August 2016
Photo by Greg Sciulli
Attendees board a trolley on Sunday, July 17 during the first Observatory Hill History Tour. To read the full story, turn to page 12.
Housing Task Force moves forward By Alyse Horn Over a year ago, Mayor Bill Peduto appointed an Affordable Housing Task force, made up of many experts, advocates, and community representatives to address the need for affordable housing in the City. The task force has been working for over a year and came up with recommendations and priorities, the top priority being a $10 million Housing Trust Fund that would create “a devoted revenue source that is locally controlled and can rise to meet the community’s greatest housing need and also fill the gaps that are left by other
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affordable housing programs,” said Gale Schwartz at a post agenda meeting on July 20. Schwartz is with the Housing Alliance of Pennsylvania and also a member of the Affordable Housing Task Force. “When looking at the challenges faced in the Pittsburgh market, the greatest unmet housing need in Pittsburgh currently exists for extremely low income households,” Schwartz said. Low income households are families that make less than 30% of the area medium income, or a family of four that is living off of $24,000 per year. Mark Masterson, executive director of the Northside Commu-
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nity Development Fund and also a member of the task force, also spoke at the July 20 meeting and said this is “the first real opportunity for neighborhood development and housing development in more than 15 years” in the city. The money appointed towards the trust fund can be used in every neighborhood in the city for varying needs. Councilman Reverend Ricky Burgess said during the meeting that it is a necessity to have affordable housing everywhere in the city, and said he is in full support of the trust fund and the need to find the $10 million needed per year over the next 10 years. BurSee Housing, Page 20
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Deutschtown Mural reaches completion By Alexandria Stryker With residents, government officials and community leaders gathered in excitement, Deutschtown’s new mural was unveiled on July 20, creating a new landmark and sign of community for the neighborhood. Located on the side of the Allegheny City Brewing building on Foreland Street, the mural depicts the neighborhood’s name in 8-foot-tall letters and several life-
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