Pittsburgh City Housing Authority

Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh
HACP
Public Housing Authority overview
Type Public Housing Authority
Jurisdiction Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Headquarters 200 Ross Street
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15217
Motto Your Housing of Choice
Website www.hacp.org
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City of Pittsburgh in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

The Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh (HACP) was created in 1937[1] under the U.S. Housing Act of 1937 to establish public housing within the city limits. HACP was the first housing authority in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and one of the first in the United States.

History

Housing sites

HACP operates[2] seven Family Communities as well as eleven Senior/Disabled/High Rise Communities. Also the authority oversees eight privately managed[3] communities throughout the city.

Family communities

Community Name Neighborhood # Units # ADA Units
Addison Terrace Hill District 734 3
Allegheny Dwellings North Side 271 14
Arlington Heights South Side 143 8
Bedford Dwellings Hill District 411 21
Glen Hazel Hazelwood 127 7
Homewood North Homewood 134 8
Northview Heights North Side 488 21

Senior/disabled communities

Community Name Neighborhood # Units # ADA Units
Caligiuri Plaza Allentown 104 10
Carrick Regency Carrick 66 4
Finello Pavilion Oakland 60 6
Glen Hazel High-Rise Hazelwood 97 16
Gualteri Manor Beechview 30 2
Mazza Pavilion Brookline 16 2
Morse Gardens South Side 70 4
Murray Towers Squirrel Hill 67 4
Northview Heights High-Rise North Side 87 5
Pennsylvania-Bidwell North Side 120 20
Pressley Street North Side 211 16

Privately managed communities

Community Name Neighborhood
Garfield Commons Garfield
Bedford Hill Hill District
Oak Hill Oakland
Manchester Manchester
New Pennley Place East Liberty
Christopher A. Smith Terrace Hill District
The Commons at North Aiken Garfield
Silver Lake Commons Homewood
Fairmont Apartments Garfield
The Legacy Apartments Hill District

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009

In 2009,[4] as part of the American and Reinvestment Act, HACP received $27 million in the form of a Recovery Act Public Housing Capital Fund Formula Grant as well as created 107 Jobs. $21 million of these funds were used to make units up to code with the Uniform Federal Accessibility Standards (UFAS). The other projects used with ARARA Funding, included:

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "HACP History". Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh. Retrieved 13 May 2012.
  2. "HACP Communities". Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh. Retrieved 13 May 2012.
  3. "HACP Privately Managed Housing". Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh. Retrieved 13 May 2012.
  4. "Recovery Act". Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh. Retrieved 13 May 2012.
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