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Council committee approves zoning rules to allow interim housing in high‑density districts
Summary
After years of work and coordination with county officials, Pittsburgh committees approved changes to the zoning code to permit interim/transitional housing in specified high-density and industrial-mixed districts; the bill was amended by substitution with planning recommendations and received an affirmative committee recommendation.
A zoning change designed to clear obstacles to temporary and transitional housing in higher-density parts of Pittsburgh advanced Wednesday after more than three years of discussion among council members, county officials and community advocates.
The measure (originally drafted as a response to managed temporary housing needs) would add a new use — "interim housing" — to the city’s zoning use table and attach use standards for where and how such housing can operate. Sponsors said the ordinance targets precincts and zoning districts where large apartment buildings, hotels or industrial…
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