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Pittsburgh council approves ordinance to reduce minimum lot sizes amid housing affordability debate
Summary
City council voted 8-0 on May 6 to adopt Ordinance 15‑79, which reduces required minimum lot sizes in residential zoning districts; supporters say it will enable denser housing while some members urged pairing the change with broader affordability measures.
Pittsburgh City Council on May 6 voted 8-0 to adopt Ordinance 15‑79, an amendment to Title 9 (Zoning) that reduces required minimum lot sizes across specified residential zoning districts.
Advocates and several council members said the change aims to ease barriers to building smaller, denser housing forms such as duplexes and triplexes. John Rhodes, a board member of the City of Bridges Community Land Trust, told the council the change would help make neighborhoods “a more affordable, inclusive, and transit friendly place.” Morgan Shaw, a Shadyside resident, said she supported the ordinance because “every day that we wait, housing gets more expensive and more of our…
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