5456 Black St Acquired in 1994. Sold to Module Development in 2019 for $1,500.

Subdivided into two additional lots (5454, 5452).

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So what you're saying is that the roof, the roof, the roof is on fire?

You're gonna have to provide the link to what you're referring to, because I didn't hear of that. I'm referring to the non-profits that I used to work with in the Pittsburgh and Philly areas that were building affordable housing. Some of them are pretty rough but a lot of them are genuine mission-driven developers.

Just say fuck it and adverse possession it.

Are they the same kind of “non-profit” that was forcing people to sell their north side houses by repeatedly reporting minor code violations so they could buy and flip them?

I was back home over the weekend. First time I’ve been back in a while. Spent 30 years here. I appreciate the old of Pittsburgh, Americans go to Europe to see old all the time. My thought was just everything was ran down. A coat of paint would be nice. Clean up the trash and rocks from the roadway. Paint over all the graffiti everywhere. Fix the roadways. Everything feels like it did when I left. Just some upkeep would go a long way.

It isn’t eminent domain, but they are not able to take the home without purchasing it from the current owner following the conservatorship process. And it isn’t a land grab because they are still ultimately paying for the property at market value. It is more complicated than either of us are giving it credit, but it isn’t a big bad developer stealing people’s homes or a rosey utopia in the making. It’s just a messy process of neighborhood redevelopment, which is forced into this position in part because of the laws which limit development/allow for development to be stalled by a vocal minority.

half the city needs bulldozed down and rebuilt. i had a friend from long island come to visit once and all he said was "this city looks old"

Buying my side lot took about ten years and I think I had to start the process over at least three times due to “lost” paperwork and staff turnover.

The city seems to be doing its best to rollback the side lot program, but won’t sell lots individually - only in groups to developers.

A lot of them are non-profits, as well.

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Wow did you read the article? This isn't eminent domain and your hypothetical situation where one individual is holding up a development for the greater good is delusional this is for profit companies doing land grabs.

Fucking right. Preach the truth my man. My brother was in the bullshit about Wilkinsburg when they were fixing East Lib. Well congrats mother fucker, Wilkinsburg still sucks a bag of dicks 15 years later. You got your wish.

They aren’t “taking” homes— people are compensated at fair market value for the land and structure. Developers aren’t building empty buildings, how is it fair for one person to hog a plot of land in a blighted structure that potentially hundreds of people could live on? It’s driving up housing costs for everyone, stifling growth, and hurting the recovery of the city as a whole. Tearing down homes to put up a parking lot or highway is bad, but tearing down homes to build even more homes (often times with a larger affordable unit stock than before) is not. And if one person is refusing to sell at a reasonable price, laws like these are critical to ensure the future development of a neighborhood isn’t stifled by one disgruntled individual.

Thank you everyone for your fantastic feedback! All contributions have been valid and exciting. Today we checked out Frick Park. 19 min drive. Easy route, easy to find. Parking was a putz but not too bad. We entered the park by the blue slide playground as instructed and super easy to find the workout equipment. It was fricken awesome. You can't beat the winter of Pittsburgh 2022-2023. I LOVE Frick Park. Cant wait to spend many a saturday/Sunday there. Droveby Highland park but did not see the work out stuff but definitely need to explore there. Thanks to all excited to see what else. I have been to North park but not the right area I guess. I am excited as heck to check out that workout area.

Class of 2016 checking in o7

Housing Advocates is a funny way of spelling for profit real estate developers.

There's one up in Fineview with fitness equipment. I'm not sure exactly what they all have, but worth checking out as it's right in the North Side.

The city needs to do better with its property but conservatorship is not the answer. Developers have already started trying to take peoples homes that they live in. https://www.cbsnews.com/pittsburgh/news/homeowners-say-developer-is-using-state-law-to-get-control-of-properties/

On the other hand, if the city allows people to redevelop them so they're no longer dilapidated, most of this sub will scream about gentrification.

I know somebody who knows somebody and they make a killing buying up properties from the city. It really is a racket.

Deer Lakes Park

I graduated a long time ago from there, I remember now after thinking about what the backside of the school looked like.

I know some of the school got redone in the early 2000s, never heard if they removed the boilers. I moved out of the area as fast as I could post graduation lmao.

Boilers are under the auditorium