Uptown Flats, a $22.8 million development, will provide wrap-around social services for people in 34 households. Rendering courtesy of LGA Partners
Pittsburgh Mercy's Bethlehem Haven and a partner broke ground Oct. 2 on a $22.8 million low-income housing development in the Uptown neighborhood in Pittsburgh. The development will include wrap-around social services for people in 34 households, including persons with mobility, hearing and vision challenges.
The project begins this month with the demolition of four blighted properties to make the way for the new development. Construction is scheduled to start in January. The four-story, 36,000-square-foot development called Uptown Flats is expected to be completed in 2026.
These four blighted properties in Pittsburgh are being demolished this month to make way for a low-income housing development called Uptown Flats. Photo courtesy of Pittsburgh Mercy and Bethlehem Haven
"We know how important safe, affordable housing and access to wrap-around supportive services are to a person's health and well-being," Tony Beltran, president and CEO of Pittsburgh Mercy, said in a release. "Uptown Flats is another innovative example of how Pittsburgh Mercy and Bethlehem Haven are honoring the legacy of our founding Sisters of Mercy, living our mission, and fulfilling our promise to the most vulnerable in the Uptown community and Allegheny County."
Officials and partners turned out for the groundbreaking Oct. 2 for Uptown Flats, a development by Pittsburgh Mercy's Bethlehem Haven and partner ACTION-Housing. Photo courtesy of Pittsburgh Mercy and Bethlehem Haven
Pittsburgh Mercy is a community health and social services provider and a member of Trinity Health. It is the parent organization of Bethlehem Haven, a shelter for those who are unhoused. The shelter is part of the system's continuum of care services for the unhoused, which also includes Pittsburgh Mercy's Operation Safety Net, street medicine, street psychiatry, street outreach, emergency shelters, a medical respite, rapid rehousing, and permanent supportive housing programs.
McAuley Ministries, Pittsburgh Mercy's grantmaking foundation, and Trinity Health are among the major funders of Uptown Flats.
Bethlehem Haven's partner in Uptown Flats is the nonprofit ACTION-Housing. The development will be for people who are exiting homelessness, have accessibility needs and are on the path to self-sufficiency.