Steven Adams | Tribune-Review
Steven Adams | Tribune-Review
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No one spoke out against a proposal to make permanent a temporary zoning law that requires developers of any project with 20 or more units in Lawrenceville to set aside 10% of their units for people who earn lower incomes.
Instead, Pittsburgh Planning Commission members Tuesday heard from residents in the neighborhood, members of civic groups and others ask planning commissioners to endorse the proposal and expand it to require 15% of the units of new developments.
“Inclusionary zoning is one of the cures for the systemic illness” of the neighborhood’s booming property values, said Helen Gerhardt, a member of the community group Lawrenceville United.