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News & Views

HACP publishes its newsletter, News & Views, twice a year. News & Views contains updates on HACP’s development plans and activities; information about programs and services; and news about HACP residents.

From the latest issue (Fall 2025):

The Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh (HACP) and its staff continue to be recognized across the nation as pathfinders in affordable housing. It’s a distinction that we take great pride in.

This summer, we welcomed HUD Secretary Scott Turner, U.S. Sen. David McCormick, and their staff to tour the Bedford EnVision Center and the ABK Learning & Development Center in the Hill District. Sec. Turner and Sen. McCormick also toured our WiFi On Wheels (W.O.W.) CyberBus, and we were incredibly humbled to unveil our newest mobile classroom, the Workforce on Wheels CyberBus 2.0, during their visit.

The HACP is proud to be one of the first public housing authorities in the country equipped with two state-of-the-art CyberBus mobile units designed to fulfill our mission to be a place to live and a path to launch for every family we serve. These endeavors are made possible thanks to our strong community partnerships and our drive to continually reinvent service delivery to better serve our residents.

The HACP joined our partners this fall to celebrate a key moment in the long-awaited revitalization of the historic Hill District with the completion of Phase I of the Bedford Dwellings Choice Neighborhoods Initiative, The Reed, a 123-unit mixed-use development located at Reed and Roberts streets.

In other development news, our Gap-Financing/Project-Based Voucher Program is going strong with the groundbreaking of African Queens Apartments in the Hill District, ribbon cutting at Stanton Highlands Apartments near East Liberty and Garfield, and the announcement of Cecil Place, a 97-unit affordable housing project in partnership with Beacon Communities and Pittsburgh Scholar House. For this endeavor, the HACP has invested $3 million and 47 Project-Based Vouchers available to single parents in the PSH Wayfinders Program who are seeking to further their education.

The HACP staff continues to remove barriers for our residents through many self- sufficiency programs, including the free CVS Health Pharmacy Tech Training Program offered in partnership with the HACP and Ebenezer Outreach Ministries. Since its launch, the program has supported 104 HACP referrals in securing direct employment, including Pharmacy Technician positions and managerial roles.

To fittingly round out our latest news, we welcomed members of Ms. Cheryl Gainey’s family to the grand re-opening of the Cheryl Gainey Wellness Center at Allegheny Dwellings this summer. The HACP was overjoyed to honor her legacy by reopening the center to help residents improve their health and wellness.

Thank you for trusting the HACP as your premier housing provider in the City of Pittsburgh. We will continue to serve all of our residents with more innovative housing and programs. Stay tuned!

Caster D. Binion
Executive Director