Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh
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Organizations and Additional Online Resources

Pittsburgh Economic and Industrial Development Corporation (PEIDC)

The PEIDC serves as the City of Pittsburgh's industrial development corporation for real estate development. Conceived in 1994 as a City-only entity, it now serves both Pittsburgh and portions of the Steel Valley Enterprise Zone. While PEIDC receives administrative, financial, accounting, economic, legal, and other support from the URA, it is a distinct entity. As such, it is able to purchase real estate for development lease or resale, and obtain private and public financing. All PEIDC projects increase the local tax base.

PEIDC is a member-based organization that includes developers, community development organizations, law firms, architects, engineers, foundations and industrial companies. For more information contact David Thomas at dthomas@ura.org or 412-255-6557.

Pittsburgh Housing Development Corporation (PHDC)

In 1994, after recognizing that large sections of the city and county were not being adequately served by either the private development market or by local community development organizations, the URA created the Pittsburgh Housing Development Corporation (PHDC), a separate, non-profit development corporation, and charged it with the task of initiating, planning, financing, developing, and managing housing development throughout the City of Pittsburgh, emphasizing on development of affordable housing units in low to moderate income census tracts. PHDC typically partners with the local neighborhood leadership by providing development expertise and capacity to borrow and can serve in different roles to develop housing, including General Partner, Developer, and Development Manager.

The goal of PHDC is to encourage the growth of, and never supplant, organizations capable of developing affordable and/or market rate housing. PHDC never works in neighborhoods to which it has not been invited and, in those cases where it acts as a sole developer, always solicits the consent of the local neighborhood development corporation. The Corporation’s development partners have traditionally been well established Community Development Corporations, but it has also worked with Private Developers, Faith-Based Organizations, and other Community Based Organizations in order to further goals of the neighborhood.

For more information contact David Howe at dhowe@ura.org or (412) 255-6629.

Additional Online Resources

City of Pittsburgh
www.city.pittsburgh.pa.us
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
www.inventpa.com
Pittsburgh Regional Alliance
www.pittsburgh-region.org
Allegheny County
www.county.allegheny.pa.us
Allegheny County Real Estate Web Site
www2.county.allegheny.pa.us/RealEstate
Pittsburgh Brownfields Center
www.ce.cmu.edu/Brownfields