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 (Summer 2026):

We’re in the midst of another season of growth for the Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh (HACP), its residents, staff, community partners, board, and stakeholders.

If you haven’t been to the Hill District lately, I recommend you see first-hand the incredible transformation as we work with our partners to continue revitalizing this historic neighborhood with our Bedford Choice Neighborhoods Initiative redevelopment. Newly constructed affordable public housing complexes are sprouting up along Somers Drive and beyond. We recently celebrated the completion of The Reed, the first phase of the multi-year, multi-million-dollar investment in the Bedford Dwellings community, the oldest occupied public housing development in the state. Keep an eye out for more on this major investment in the Hill.

In May, we kicked off the start of the Project-Based Voucher Smithfield Lofts development Downtown by Woda Cooper Companies. The HACP and its development arm, Allies & Ross Management and Development Corporation (ARMDC) invested $1.6 million in gap financing and 16 Project-Based Vouchers in this project.

One HACP success story, Ms. Tyian Battle, and her development company, Half the Battle LLC, celebrated the groundbreaking of Cliffside Overlook in February. Ms. Battle invested in two
properties along the street she grew up on — Cliff Street in the Hill District — and is currently working to turn those into two all-affordable duplexes.

Our biggest event of the year supported some real MVPs — our youth — during the pro football draft in April. The HACP’s Citywide Tailgate Event went off without a hitch on April 24. Hosted
at ACH Clear Pathways (also founded by Ms. Battle), this free 4-hour event brought youth front & center as they competed for a PlayStation 5 Pro during our Madden Football tournament. A
Youth Career Forum, giant appreciation card for former Steelers Head Coach Mike Tomlin, tech demonstrations and workforce-related assistance aboard our CyberBuses, many giveaways, and
so much more were featured. Our youth are our future, and we are thrilled to support them as they embark on their futures.

We also take great pride in sharing the meaningful work of two of the HACP’s own: Coach Myrae Lee is fostering growth in Allegheny Dwellings youth at the Cheryl Gainey Wellness Center, and
longtime HACP Scattered Sites Tenant Council Representative Janice Taylor instills a love of math in 4th-grade students at Pittsburgh Public Schools Arlington Pre-K-8.

The success stories continue as we share how local foster children overcame much adversity and became an inspiration for others while participating in HUD’s Foster Youth to Independence voucher program.

I am also thankful for the HACP staff who work tirelessly with the same goal in mind — to improve the quality of life for all City of Pittsburgh residents. This includes helping them gain financial freedom and move on to own their own home. We recently improved our Homeownership Program to help even more residents to a brighter future, and have helped nearly 50 HACP & City of
Pittsburgh residents realize their homeownership dream since early 2025.

As we fine tune all of these moving pieces, I am confident we are going to continue pushing forward to fulfill our mission of being a place to live and a path to launch for many years to come.

Caster D. Binion
Executive Director