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5.16.25

African Queens finds new beginning on Centre Ave. with 12 affordable apartments

5.1.25

Annual Affordable Housing Public Survey Open through July 31, 2025

4.7.25

Swisshelm Park Solar Remediation Work Begins Today

Closure of a portion of the Nine Mile Run Trail to take effect in May

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PRESS RELEASES

URA Warns of Home Warranty Scam Targeting Local Homeowners

The Truth About Tax Diversions

Building Community: A Women's History Month Spotlight with Siena Kane

Building Community: A Women's History Month Spotlight with Terrin Bailey-Belser

URA Opens Emergency Application for the Demonstration Program

Building Community: A Black History Month Spotlight with Lynnette Morris

Building Community: A Black History Month Spotlight with Donita Thomas

Building Community: A Black History Month Spotlight with Breanna Benjamin

Remediation and Demolition Work Starting in Homewood South

Swisshelm Park Solar Remediation Work Begins Today

URA Announces a New Round of the Homeowner Assistance Program; Application Process Opens Tomorrow

URA Board Approves Nearly $10.4 Million for Downtown Development

Mayor Ed Gainey and the Urban Redevelopment Authority Announce City of Pittsburgh Awarded a Total of $62.2 Million in RACP and LSA Funds

Mayor Ed Gainey, Allegheny County Executive Sara Innamorato, and Business Community Celebrate Collective $600 Million Investment to Revitalize Downtown Pittsburgh

URA Set to Clean Up Multiple Blighted Properties in Homewood

Penn Circle Two-Way Conversion Project Completed

Mayor Ed Gainey and URA Release 2023 Housing Opportunity Fund Annual Report

Completion Nearing On Penn Circle Two-Way Conversion

URA Announces Retirement of Two Pittsburgh Tax Increment Financing Districts

URA Announces EPA Award for Swisshelm Park Solar Remediation Project

Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh Celebrates 100 Individuals and Families Supported in Purchasing Homes through OwnPGH

Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh Announces Funding for Multiple Downtown Conversion Projects

Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh Announces Affordable Housing Bond Spending Plan to Address City's Housing Challenges

Collaboration Fuels Culinary Innovation

Revitalizing Pittsburgh: Downtown LERTA Program Passes in Landmark Collaboration Among Pittsburgh School District, Allegheny County, and City of Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh's First Ever Affordable Housing Bond Announced

Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh, City of Pittsburgh, and US Department of Housing and Urban Development Announce Grant Award, Commencement of Bedford Dwellings Redevelopment

Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh Names Damara Carter as Chief Financial Officer

Urban Redevelopment Authority Board Appoints Susheela Nemani-Stanger as Executive Director

Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh Announces Departure of Executive Director Greg Flisram

Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh Finalizes Financing for Chalfant Hall CCAC Project

URA Announces First URA Ventures Main Street Cohort

URA Announces Virtual September 2022 Regular Board Meeting

Urban Redevelopment Authority Announces Susheela Nemani-Stanger to Return as Deputy Executive Director

URA Set to Begin Final Phase of the Penn Circle Conversion Project

URA Announces Virtual August 2022 Regular Board Meeting

URA Awarded $3.5 Million in Funding for Fairywood Industrial Park Expansion

URA to Award Seven Neighborhood Initiatives Fund Grants

URA Requesting Additional Community Feedback on Future End Use of the Greater Pittsburgh Coliseum

URA Announces Virtual July 2022 Regular Board Meeting

City of Pittsburgh Announces Legislation to Launch Pilot Program on Downtown Conversion

RIDC, URA Fairywood Site Gets Its First Tenant, Construction of New Warehouse to Begin

URA Announces Virtual June 2022 Regular Board Meeting

Statement from URA Chief Strategy Officer Tom Link on the Passing of Former Senator Jim Ferlo

URA Board of Directors Approves $1.37 Million Loan for the Expansion of Salem’s Market and Grill in the Hill District

URA to Invest $2.78+ Million in Affordable Housing Across Five City of Pittsburgh Neighborhoods

Mayor Ed Gainey Announces Pittsburgh Awarded $56.8 Million In RACP Funds

RIDC, URA to Enter Into Partnership Agreement to Develop 25-Acre Vacant Site in Fairywood

Event attendees and partners gather around a green ribbon for a ceremonial ribbon cutting

City, URA, Catapult Greater Pittsburgh, and PNC Foundation Celebrate Ribbon Cutting at Gallery on Centre in the Hill District

Urban Redevelopment Authority Announces Departure of Deputy Executive Director Dr. Diamonte Walker

URA Announces Neighborhood Initiatives Fund Program Round 4; Application Process Open

URA to Invest $2.5 million+ in New Construction and Rehabilitation of 144 Units of Affordable Housing in the Hazelwood, East Hills, and East Liberty Neighborhoods

URA Launching New Social Impact Pilot Programs to Encourage Minority Entrepreneurship and Business Expansion through Access to Risk Capital

URA Announces Virtual March 2022 Annual/Regular Board Meeting

URA Board to Vote on $800,000 in Funding for Stabilization of Senior Housing in the Hill District

URA Announces Virtual February 2022 Regular Board Meeting

Mayor Ed Gainey Announces Appointments for Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh

URA and Salem's Market and Grill Sign Lease Agreement for Centre Heldman Plaza Location

Pittsburgh Land Bank and PWSA Announce Agreement to Help Streamline Community Development on Blighted Properties

URA Forgives COVID-19 Related Small Business Loans with American Rescue Plan Act Funding

County Economic Development, URA Release Housing Market Value Analysis

City & URA Partner With Manchester Citizens Corporation & Millcraft Investments To Advance Esplanade Development

URA Announces Virtual December 2021 Regular Board Meeting

URA Board To Vote On Two Items To Further The Success Of Avenues Of Hope Initiative

URA Releases Two Opportunities for Affordable Rental Housing Development and Preservation

Partners smile with shovels in their hands during a groundbreaking ceremony

City Joins Big Tom's Groundbreaking, Bringing $1.94 Million of Investments for Barbershop, Affordable Housing and Community Revitalization Project on Hill District's Centre Avenue Business Corridor

Penguins, City and URA to Cut Ribbon on Seasonal Ice Rink at Hunt Armory

URA Announces Virtual November 2021 Regular Board Meeting

URA and Historic Deutschtown Development Corporation Select Two Partners for Redevelopment in East Ohio Street Business District

City of Pittsburgh and URA Thank Governor Wolf for Enterprise Zone Program Awards

URA Seeking Proposals for Purchase and Redevelopment of Historic Troy Hill Firehouse

City, HACP and URA Host Tour on Renovations at 412 Boulevard of the Allies and One-Stop-Shop for Resident Needs

Pittsburgh Awarded Three Low-Income Housing Tax Credits to Bring Over 112 Affordable Housing Units to Allentown, Fairywood and Hill District

URA Announces Virtual October 2021 Regular Board Meeting

URA Awards Seven Neighborhood Initiative Fund Projects for Community-Driven Projects

URA to Sell Beechview Property to Casa San Jose for a Community Revitalization Project to Serve Residents

Salem's Market Selected to Open a Grocery Store in Hill District's Centre Heldman Plaza

Architectural rending of building addition from James Street

URA Closes on $500,000 Loan to Help Bring Music Back to James Street in East Allegheny Neighborhood

Minority Business Recovery and Growth Loan Fund Program Marks One-Year Anniversary

Community Meeting on Sustainable Solar Farm in Swisshelm Park to be Held on September 28

Over $7.1 Million Added to the Greater Hill District Neighborhood Reinvestment Fund for Community Investments in the Middle and Upper Hill District

URA Announces Virtual September 2021 Regular Board Meeting

Pittsburgh Urban Initiatives Awarded $50 Million in New Markets Tax Credits to Drive Economic Development

URA Seeking Proposals to Develop Community Plans for Chartiers and Perrysville Business Districts in Avenues of Hope Corridors

URA Announces $24 Million in New Community Investment in Avenues of Hope Corridors

URA and Pittsburgh Housing Development Corporation Awarded $654,310 to Support Affordable Housing, Homeowner Accessibility, and Façade Programs

URA Requesting Information and Project Concepts for Greater Pittsburgh Coliseum in Homewood South Neighborhood

People file into a recently rehabbed home with balloons placed next to the door

City, Pittsburgh Housing Development Corporation and Partners Showcase Affordable Housing Development Projects in the Upper Hill District Neighborhood

16 Local Minority Food-Based Entrepreneurs Selected for First Catapult Culinary Business Incubator Program

URA Requesting Proposals for 620-628 East Ohio Street in East Allegheny (Deutschtown)

URA and FNB Partner to Provide $1 Million to Support Avenues of Hope Small Contractor Program

URA to Launch CRiB in Partnership with PNC Foundation

Pittsburgh Joins Six Midsize Cities in National Effort to Advance Opportunity and Equity Through Housing Policy

URA Announces Virtual June 2021 Regular Board Meeting

City and URA Announce Neighborhood Initiatives Fund Program Round 3 with Focus on Avenues of Hope Corridors

URA Board to Vote on New Affordable Housing in East Liberty at Former Parking Lot Site

URA Board Vote Grants Final Approval of Plans for FNB Tower and Public Open Space, Updated LERTA in the Lower Hill Redevelopment

URA Announces Virtual Special Board Meeting for Lower Hill Vote

Agenda Posted for URA Special Board Meeting for Lower Hill Briefing

Elected officials, partners, community leaders, and youth cut a ribbon

City and URA Announce Opening of $6.5 Million Liberty Green Community Park in Larimer

Pittsburgh Business Lending Network Connects Small Businesses to Capital for Economic Relaunch

URA Announces TechEquity - A New Technology Scholarship Partnership for City of Pittsburgh Minority Residents

Governor Wolf Awards Funding to Big Tom's Barbershop in the Hill District

Affordable Housing in East Hills Set for Renovations and Sale

URA Announces Virtual April 2021 Regular Board Meeting

Pittsburgh Land Bank Announces New Leadership

The former Hamm's Barber Shop building stands three-stories tall and boarded up on Centre Avenue in the Hill District.

URA Board Approves Sale of Centre Avenue Site For Relocation and Expansion of Big Tom's Barbershop

Citizens Invests $5 Million to be Split between New Community Development Financial Institution and Small Business Lending

URA Announces Virtual March 2021 Regular Board Meeting

URA Initiatives in Crawford Roberts and Hazelwood to Support Neighborhood Stability and Home Ownership

URA Welcomes Catapult Minority Business Incubator to Hill District

URA Warns of Mortgage Scam Targeting Local Homeowners

Mayor and Manchester Community Celebrate New and Upcoming Affordable Housing Developments

City and URA Advance Affordable Housing in North Side and Squirrel Hill

URA Announces Virtual February 2021 Annual/Regular Board Meeting

City, URA & Bakery Square Development to Invest Millions in Affordable Housing and Workforce Development in Larimer

Mayor Peduto, URA and Key Stakeholders to Celebrate New Affordable Homes in Fineview

Mayor Peduto Joins Hill District Community in Opening CommuniTEA Cafe

URA Affirms President Biden’s Memo to HUD on Racial Equity and Fair Housing

URA and Local Workforce Partners to Present Free, Virtual Opportunity Fair Event

Welcoming Pittsburgh and URA Complete National Welcoming Economies Pilot Program

City of Pittsburgh Receives $7.5 Million in State Redevelopment Grants

City of Bridges Awarded $750,000 Grant for Community Affordable Housing Development in Polish Hill

URA Announces Virtual December 2020 Regular Board Meeting

Shop Local - Two-Day Virtual Shopping Experience Happening this Small Business Weekend

URA Board to Approve Over $850,000 for Affordable Housing Projects

URA Announces 2020 Biz Buzz Grants

URA Announces Virtual November 2020 Regular Board Meeting

City and URA Launch Avenues of Hope Initiative to Advance Revitalization of Historically Diverse Business Districts

URA Announces Housing Stabilization Program Update

URA Announces Virtual October 2020 Regular Board Meeting

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City, Urban Redevelopment Authority Investing $250,000 in Three Hill District Community-Driven Projects

City, Urban Redevelopment Authority Investing $100,000 in the Revitalization of Esser's Plaza

URA Announces Affordable Housing Public Survey Is Open

City, Urban Redevelopment Authority Investing $72,000 in Community-Driven Project at Former Beltzhoover Elementary School

URA Announces Virtual September 2020 Regular Board Meeting

URA to Co-host Free, Virtual Clean Slate and Expungement Clinic this Thursday, August 27

Unprecedented Public-Private Partnership Brings Innovative Homeless Shelter to Downtown Pittsburgh

PNC Foundation Awards $10 Million Investment to URA to Support Equitable Initiatives Citywide

Pittsburgh Awarded Record Number of Low-Income Tax Credits, Bringing More Affordable Housing to the City

URA and Center that CARES Propose Cafe and Learning Space in Hill District

Mayor William Peduto, City Council President Kail Smith and URA to Invest $626,000 in District 2

URA Board to Approve Over $4 Million in Affordable Housing Funds

URA Announces Virtual August 2020 Regular Board Meeting

URA Requesting Proposals for 1602-1606 Broadway Avenue in Beechview

URA Announces Additional Housing Stabilization Program Administrators are Up and Running

2019 Housing Opportunity Fund Report Cover

URA Announces Housing Opportunity Fund 2019 Annual Report is Now Online

URA July Board Meeting Wrap Up

The URA Announces Virtual July 2020 Regular Board Meeting

24 Local Homeowners Get New Roofs through First Housing Opportunity Fund Roof-A-Thon

URA's Down Payment and Closing Cost Assistance Program Helping to Make Home Ownership a Reality

URA and Citizens Bank Partner to Donate $15,000 to Cocoapreneur’s Pittsburgh Black Business Relief Fund Campaign

The URA Announces Virtual June 2020 Regular Board Meeting

URA Board Votes to Approve Moving Lower Hill Development Forward

Statement by Mayor William Peduto on URA Meeting on Lower Hill Development

URA Board Stands Ready to Deliver Equitable Deal

City Launches Online Housing Assistance Resource Portal (HARP) for Housing Needs

The URA Announces Virtual May 2020 Regular Board Meeting

Mayor William Peduto Announces COVID-19 Funding for Residents and Small Businesses

Pittsburgh Going Green on Earth Day's 50th Anniversary with the Help of Direct Energy

URA’s Housing Stabilization Program is Available to Assist with Financial Hardships

Mayor William Peduto Addresses Pittsburgh on COVID-19 Pandemic

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URA April Board Meeting Recap: COVID-19 Funding Update

The URA Announces Virtual April 2020 Regular Board Meeting

Citizens Bank Donates $200,000 to URA’s Small Business Emergency Loan Fund

URA, Circles Greater Pittsburgh and Paramount Pursuits Partner to Create Gallery on Penn – Gone Virtual

URA Announces Neighborhood Initiatives Fund Program Round 2; Application Process Now Open

Coronavirus Threatens Small Businesses – Here’s What the URA Is Doing About it and How You Can Help

URA Announces Waiving All Fees for Administration of the COVID-19 Working Capital Assistance Program

URA Partners with City and Urban League of Greater Pittsburgh to Provide Short Term Rent/Mortgage/Utility Financial Assistance to City Residents

URA Releases Round 2 of Request for Qualifications for the Community-Informed Revitalization of Centre Avenue in the Hill District

URA Announces Additional Steps to Help Mitigate Potential Ramifications of COVID-19 to Small Business Community

The URA Announces Virtual March 2020 Annual/Regular Board Meeting

A Message from Greg Flisram, Executive Director of the Urban Redevelopment Authority Of Pittsburgh on COVID-19 Impact

URA Offering Resources to Help Small Businesses Potentially Impacted by Coronavirus

URA Issues Request for Interested Tenants (RFI) for Centre Heldman Plaza

City of Pittsburgh and Government Partners Launch Buying Plan for Businesses

City Celebrates First Affordable For-Sale Residential New Markets Tax Credit Project

New Opportunity Zones Marketplace To Help Pittsburgh Produce More Equitable Development Projects

URA Board Considering Projects in Homewood, Beechview, Lincoln Place and Downtown

URA to Host Connections: A Black History Month Networking Event

URA Supporting Affordable Housing in Homewood and Garfield/Friendship

URA Board to Vote on Advancing Six Redevelopment Projects on Centre Avenue in Hill District

Green Grocer’s Hill District stop

Green Grocer Launches New Hill District Location at the Old Shop ‘n Save

URA Announces Neighborhood Initiatives Fund Projects Ready to Move Forward

Homewood Pedestrian Improvement Project Ribbon Cutting on Friday, January 31

Homewood Pedestrian Improvement Project Debuts

URA Board to Vote on Funding for North Side Affordable Housing and Hill District Art Gallery

URA Adopting Small Business Line of Credit Program

URA Board to Vote on Credit Building Program for Pittsburgh Small Businesses

URA Announces Meeting for Community Feedback on Future Centre Avenue Redevelopment

New Urban Redevelopment Authority Leadership Announced

New Public Art Project Installation At McKinley Park In Beltzhoover

Mayor Peduto, Councilman Lavelle and URA to Catalyze Investments in the Lower and Greater Hill District

URA Board to Vote on Preserving Affordable Housing in Highland Park and Homewood

Catapult participants

Second Cohort Chosen for Catapult Business Incubation Program

URA Releases Request for Proposals for Former Carnegie Library in Hazelwood

Work to Begin on Forbes Avenue Sidewalk Extension and Streetscape Improvements

URA Program Invests $35 Million in 250 Small Businesses

City of Pittsburgh Receives State RACP Funding for Redevelopment Projects in Neighborhoods Citywide

Applications Open for PGH Lab Program Linking Startup Firms to Government

URA Releases Request for Proposals Along Second Avenue in Hazelwood

URA Releases Request For Qualifications for the Community-Informed Revitalization of Centre Avenue in the Hill District

URA Announces Pilot Program Making its Funding More Accessible and Visible for Community Projects

Five Pittsburgh Affordable Housing Developments Awarded Low-Income Tax Credits

Home Court Advantage design by Janel Young

New Locally-Based Public Art Project Planned for McKinley Park in Beltzhoover

Applications Being Accepted for Catapult Small Business Incubation Program

New Affordable Housing Proposals Go Before URA Board

Statement by Mayor William Peduto and URA Board on Leadership Changes

URA Board to Consider Several Affordable Housing Initiatives

City and URA Celebrate First-Time Homeowner with Help of HOF Funding

URA and a.m. Rodriguez Partner to Preserve Affordable Housing in South Side Flats

More Than 50 Affordable Housing Units Coming to East Liberty, Larimer and Garfield

Rubinstein Stepping Down as URA Executive Director

URA to Adopt Environmentally Friendly Clean Construction Guidelines

Micro Loan Program Assisting Minority and Women-Owned Businesses to be Extended

Park Construction Moving Forward at Liberty Green in East Liberty

New Affordable Housing Planned for East Liberty

Community-Driven Development in Uptown Seeking Proposals

URA to Boost City's One Step Program for Business Accessibility

Housing Opportunity Fund Recommends Funding for Hundreds of Affordable Housing Units

City of Pittsburgh Granted $2 Million to Rehab Blighted Structures and Develop Affordable Housing

East Carson Street Strategy Released by URA

Housing Opportunity Fund Supporting Affordable Housing Developments in Hill District and Squirrel Hill

Major Improvements Planned for Homewood Neighborhood Business District

City Welcomes Fourth Cohort of PGH Lab Program Supporting Local Startup Firms

Redevelopment Planned for Hill District Site

NEXT 3 Days is Now NEXTneighborhood and Will Celebrate Historic Homewood August 18-19

Summerset at Frick Park and Woods House Redevelopments Before URA Board Today

New Park with Green Infrastructure Planned for Larimer and East Liberty Neighborhoods

Mayor William Peduto Supports URA Micro Loan Program for Small Businesses

Urban Redevelopment Authority Invests $7 Million in Small Businesses Citywide

Mr. F. Michael Langley, FM, CEO of GREATER MSP, Minneapolis–St. Paul, MN, and 2017 IEDC Board Chair, awards the Silver Excellence in Economic Development Award to URA Executive Director Robert Rubinstein.

URA Receives Excellence in Economic Development Award For East Liberty Station Transit Oriented Development

URA Board to Advance Proposals on Land Bank, Affordable Housing, and Small Businesses

Urban Redevelopment Authority Board Set to Vote on Lead Service Line Replacement, Land Bank and Affordable Housing Initiatives Today

URA Announces Early Dissolution of Fulton Building TIF District and Expiration of Penn Liberty Plaza TIF District

Pittsburgh Urban Initiatives Awarded $50M in New Markets Tax Credits to Drive Economic Development

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