PITTSBURGH, PA — Pittsburgh’s city-funded demolition program is on pace to put more than 150 blighted properties under contract by the end of 2026, Mayor Corey O’Connor announced Tuesday.
The projected total is about 50 properties above a typical year and three times the city’s 2024 figure, according to the administration. So far, crews have completed 35 city-funded demolitions, including 24 in the Hilltop neighborhoods, five in Homewood and Lincoln-Lemington, four across Fineview and Perry Hilltop, and one each in Mount Washington and Polish Hill.
The city has issued another 72 demolition permits, meaning contractors have been selected and work is expected within 10 to 30 days. Those projects span neighborhoods including Beechview, Beltzhoover, Bon Air, Brighton Heights, Carrick, Greenfield, Hazelwood, Larimer, Sheraden, Spring Hill, Upper Hill and West Oakland.
O’Connor credited staff in the Department of Permits, Licenses and Inspections with improving procedures and accelerating the removal of unsafe vacant properties. The administration said the effort is intended to reduce blight, improve neighborhood safety and prepare sites for future productive use.
Official source: City of Pittsburgh
Photo: Abandoned houses along Saw Mill Run in Pittsburgh. Cbaile19 / Wikimedia Commons, CC0.
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