
Executive Director
Caster D. Binion, Executive Director
Caster D. Binion has served as the Executive Director of the Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh and Allies and Ross Management & Development Corporation, Inc. and its subsidiaries since February 2013. As Executive Director, Mr. Binion manages an annual budget of roughly $200 million and is responsible for the operations of roughly 2,700 units of public housing, 5,500 Housing Choice Vouchers and 650 mixed-finance units. Mr. Binion has led several major affordable housing initiatives, including:
- The community-wide Choice Neighborhoods Redevelopment initiative in Larimer/East Liberty in 2014, the implementation of a $500,000 Choice Neighborhood Planning Grant for Bedford Dwellings;
- The transformation of Addison Terrace to Skyline Terrace;
- The development of hundreds of new affordable housing units developed through an innovative gap financing program;
- Implementation of HACP's Homeownership Program - which helps transition roughly 10 families per year from subsidized housing to home ownership;
- The development of hundreds de-centralized Scattered Sites housing units; and,
- The HACP's implementation of the HUD VASH Program – which has successfully housed more than 85 formerly homeless veterans.