Funding & Services

Below are some of the ways the URA can help.

Housing

• Home buying
  
  
• Home repairs and improvements
  
  
• Housing crisis intervention 
  
  
• Legal assistance
  
  
• Affordable housing construction, rehabilitation and preservation
  
  

Business

• Loans and technical assistance for starting or growing a business
  
  
• Growth and development of minority-owned and women-owned firms
  
  
• Grants for neighborhood business districts and community groups
  
  

Development

• Financing and facilitation of financing for small and large-scale commercial, residential and mixed-use development
  
  
• Facilitation of equitable redevelopment and community development 
  
  
• Valuable tools, resources and expertise to maximize the success and impact of each project
  
  

Real Estate

• Acquisition and stabilization of underutilized properties throughout the City of Pittsburgh
  
  
• Conveyance of properties for development projects and site assemblage, which expand neighborhood revitalization efforts and empower residents to shape their communities
  
  
• Land maintenance of over 1,400 properties