Hotel-to-housing plan renews uncomfortable affordable housing debate in North Side

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Dozens of residents attended a community meeting at the Allegheny Center Alliance Church on Nov. 11 to hear from developers Hullett Properties about plans to convert a hotel into low-income housing. (Photo by Eric Jankiewicz/PublicSource) The potential conversion of a Comfort Inn in East Allegheny to affordable housing has neighbors worried about concentration of lower-income households, and the developer urging people against “equating low-income housing and criminality.” PublicSource is an independent nonprofit newsroom serving the Pittsburgh region. Sign up for our free newsletters.” by Eric Jankiewicz, PublicSource A proposal to turn a bankrupt East Ohio Street hotel into affordable housing has raised both cheers and skepticism around the North Side, and its fate could hinge on a closed-door auction this morning. On Nov. 11, dozens of people from North Side communities attended a meeting to hear about a developer’s plans to turn the Comfort Inn & Suites into housing for tenants with housing vouchers. Any plans would need to wait for completion of bankruptcy proceedings, but Brett Walsh, one of the owners of developer Hullett Properties, told community members the conversion of the 96-room hotel could begin in early 2025 and be completed within a few months. Hullett Properties’ conversion...

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