Watch the Inclusionary Zoning hearing live: www.youtube.com/live/VpXj1vT...

Let City Council know that Inclusionary Zoning favors existing landlords at the expense of renters. The hearing is tomorrow! (September 10th) Tell them to drop the poison pill from an otherwise great bill!

"The city has seen that IZ doesn’t work elsewhere. We’ve seen that it doesn’t work here. But somehow, we’re supposed to believe that this time — if we just expand it — that it might work for us! It won’t." www.post-gazette.com/opinion/gues...

Anyone who cares about rents in Pittsburgh should let City Council know that they need to drop "Inclusionary Zoning" from an otherwise great bill! The hearing is September 10th!

Our monthly happy hour is today!

Join us for our Squirrel Hill walking tour this Saturday!

Our next general meeting featuring Pittsburgh City Controller Rachael Heisler is on Thursday at 6:30! See you there!

UPDATE: we’re going to cancel today’s happy hour. See you in September!

Happy hour today at Fire Side!

There’s still about an hour left to catch us at Open Streets in the Strip District! We’re by the Terminal

If you need any evidence of how broken Pittsburgh's permitting process is, it took over two years to approve the Bakery Square expansion. It's great that we're getting more jobs and apartments in East Liberty! But it shouldn't take this long to get approval. triblive.com/business/tec...

Pitt is leasing hotel rooms for students this fall because there isn’t enough housing near campus. When we block homes near campus, we shut the door on young people seeking opportunity. It's time to legalize homes for students!

Today, Council voted to allow housing to move forward at Donny’s Place. Our statement below:

Missed our last meeting with former mayor Bill Peduto? Watch it on YouTube:

Loving this message from @bikepgh.bsky.social - Pittsburgh needs to eliminate Parking Mandates! bikepgh.org/2025/07/01/p...

“Rising housing costs in high-growth areas are caused by a lack of housing,” said David Vatz. “Local governments must legalize more home construction, or prices will keep going up as people seek new jobs and opportunities in our region.”

Our next happy hour will be this Thursday at 5:30 PM at Fire Side Public House!

Catch us at Open Streets today! We’re at Collier and Frankstown next to DOMI.

Terrible news for Pittsburgh: The 264‑unit Mellon’s Orchard North housing project is dead. 50 affordable homes—gone. Hundreds of apartments—gone. All because of the roadblocks our city puts in the way of new homes. This is what failure through bad rules looks like. 🧵

Thank you to our guest speakers, Pittsburgh Controller Rachael Heisler and former Mayor Bill Peduto, for attending our general meeting yesterday!

On Thursday, June 12, our next General Meeting will be held at the JCC with guest speaker Bill Peduto, former Mayor of Pittsburgh. Doors open at 6:30. We hope to see you there! 5738 Forbes Ave, Room 318, Pittsburgh, PA, 15217

Our monthly happy hour is on Thursday!

We’re so excited to see our movement spreading across the Keystone State!

🏆 Congratulations to Corey O’Connor for running and winning the Democratic nomination on a vision of growth and housing abundance for Pittsburgh! ✅ ALL FOUR of our endorsed candidates won last night! Amazing!

It's time to vote! Pro-Housing Pittsburgh endorses the following candidates in the Democratic primary: ✅Corey O'Connor for Mayor ✅Kim Salinetro for Council District 2 ✅Anthony Coghill for Council District 4 ✅Erika Strassburger for Council District 8 The polls are open until 8 pm. Go vote!

Over 1,000 homes are on hold in Pittsburgh because of the Gainey administration’s flawed inclusionary zoning proposal. We warned this would happen. They denied it. Now families are stuck waiting—and the city is pretending it’s not their fault.

Kudos to @prohousingpgh.org and their successful advocacy that’s led to Pittsburgh’s eliminating minimum lot sizes per units and eliminating and/or reducing minimum lot sizes citywide! youtu.be/a80zoANs6JY?...

Today, Pro-Housing Pittsburgh announced our endorsements for the May 20th Democratic primary. These candidates best exemplify our pro-housing vision for Pittsburgh, and we encourage all of our members to vote for them in the upcoming primary!

Our monthly happy hour will tomorrow at 5:30 at Fire Side Public House! See you there!

📺 WATCH: Pro-Housing Pittsburgh members will testify shortly in favor of bill 1579 which will reduce minimum lot sizes and legalize more homes on smaller lots! www.youtube.com/live/CuxXVGm...

CALL TO ACTION: This Wednesday, April 23rd, join Pro-Housing Pittsburgh as we speak in favor of bill 2025-1579 that will reduce minimum lot sizes and make it easier to build starter homes and small apartment buildings in Pittsburgh!

Happy Easter!

Missed the candidate forum? Watch it on YouTube!

Thank you to everyone who attended our candidate forum on housing! The primary election is on May 20th. See you at the polls!

We’re getting started with our candidate forum soon! We’re at Barco Law Building, Room 107 at 3900 Forbes Ave! Watch live: www.youtube.com/live/IgjzE8E...

REMINDER: Our candidate forum on housing is TONIGHT! Join us at Pitt to hear from candidates running to represent YOU in city government!

We are proud to support the Housing Supply Frameworks Act, a bipartisan bill that will help local communities reform their zoning codes to boost housing supply and affordability. Thank you to @fetterman.senate.gov for your work on this important bill! www.fetterman.senate.gov/fetterman-bl...

One of the many exciting projects being built in Pittsburgh is the Mosaic - a 48 unit building in Oakland as affordable housing for LGBTQ+ seniors. www.pghcitypaper.com/news/pittsbu...

"If building market-rate housing was the way to go, then we wouldn't have bled population, we would have increased population." Is the mayor trying to say that we would have more people if we built less housing? How does that work?

Pittsburgh should make it legal to build small single-stair buildings. This change would reduce the bulk of buildings, make it practical to build on small lots, and reduce costs without compromising safety. Read our latest policy piece on our website!

PRESS RELEASE: Pro-Housing Pittsburgh and College Democrats Announce 2025 Candidate Forum on Housing

Great episode! Worth a listen

On Thursday, April 17th, Pro-Housing Pittsburgh and our College Dems partners will be hosting the 2025 Pittsburgh Candidate Forum on Housing! Hear from the candidates who are running for office to represent YOU in the City of Pittsburgh. You won't want to miss this!

Reminder: our April happy hour is today at Fire Side Public House in East Liberty! Join us at 5:30 PM!

"They have not lived up to their promise of creating housing affordability," said David Vatz of Pro-Housing Pittsburgh. "Some of the claims that they've made about 2,000 units, we have not been able to validate those claims."

ICYMI: Last week, Pro-Housing Pittsburgh member Nick Rizzio explained to the Planning Commission why we believe the historic nomination of the former Donny's Place property should not move forward:

Join us for our monthly happy hour this Thursday!

Pro-Housing Pittsburgh applauds the recommendation of the Planning Commission to allow transit-oriented development to move forward at the former Donny's Place site in Polish Hill.

Small apartment buildings provide affordable housing options to local workers, reducing commutes and strengthening our local economy.