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Pittsburgh City Council looking to repurpose old office building for affordable housing

July 27, 2023 / 8:55 AM EDT / CBS Pittsburgh

City council to sell former offices for affordable housing

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) - Pittsburgh City Council is looking to sell one of its buildings in order to create more affordable housing.

The city used the building at 200 Ross Street for several offices and departments but most of them have moved to another side on the Boulevard of the Allies.

Pittsburgh and the housing authority plan to transfer the ownership to the URA which will then sell it specifically for affordable housing redevelopment.

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Patrick Damp is a web producer for CBS Pittsburgh. A Pittsburgh native who grew up watching KDKA-TV, Patrick studied journalism at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. After half a decade in sports communication, Patrick decided to pursue his dream of working in journalism in his hometown and joined the CBS Pittsburgh team in 2019.