‘Uptown Flats’ to provide more than 30 affordable housing units in Uptown

A RENDITION OF THE NEW AFFORDABLE HOUSING ALONG FIFTH AVENUE IN UPTOWN, COMING IN 2026. Bethlehem Haven, part of Pittsburgh Mercy’s award-winning homeless services continuum of care, and ACTION-Housing on Wednesday, Oct. 2, broke ground on Uptown Flats, a new $22.8 million low-income affordable housing development in the 1400 block of Fifth Avenue in Uptown, the New Pittsburgh Courier has learned. Abatement is under way with demolition scheduled to begin in mid-October. Construction is scheduled to begin in January 2025. When completed in 2026, the new development located at Fifth Avenue and Stevenson Street will house up to 34 households whose residents are exiting homelessness, have accessibility needs, and are on the path to self-sufficiency. Uptown Flats is the result of an innovative partnership between Bethlehem Haven, a nonprofit that serves individuals at risk of homelessness, and ACTION-Housing, Pittsburgh’s largest nonprofit affordable housing developer that specializes in quality, affordable supportive housing. Together, the two nonprofit community partners share over 100 years of combined experience providing housing and supportive services to vulnerable Pittsburgh and Allegheny County residents. Uptown Flats will be a 36,000 square-foot, four-story building featuring low-income affordable housing and wrap-around supportive services provided on site by Bethlehem Haven for...