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posted on September 14, 2015
The following article was written for Regional Housing Legal Services by Anabel Genevitz on July 9, 2015
Regional Housing Legal Services’ Deputy Director/Senior Attorney for Multi-Family Housing, Dina Schlossberg, and Staff Attorney, Bridget Coyne, are representing the Autism Housing Development Corporation of Pittsburgh (AHDCP) and ACTION-Housing, Inc. as they begin construction on their innovative new housing development, the Dave Wright Apartments. The building will take the place of Wright...
posted on July 13, 2015
Adults with autism to share housing with general population in Heidelberg complex
By Mark Roth / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
In what may be the first project of its kind in the nation, local developers are building an apartment complex that will house adults with autism alongside non-autistic residents.
The Dave Wright Apartments will feature 42 one- and two-bedroom apartments, including six for physically disabled people, on the site of the former Wright’s Seafood restaurant in Heidelberg. About...
posted on January 28, 2015
The following article was written for the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review by Alex Felser on January 27, 2015.
Heidelberg leaders dropped a lawsuit on Monday aimed at blocking construction of a $10.5 million housing complex on Washington Street for low-income and autistic individuals.
Council withdrew an appeal it filed on Jan. 13 in Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas of the borough's own zoning board's decision to allow the construction of the complex. The next step before construction can begin...
posted on June 25, 2014
The following article was written for the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review by Megan Guza on June 25, 2014.
Federal tax credits could help convert the former Wright's Seafood Inn in Heidelberg into housing for both low-income residents and individuals with autism.
ACTION Housing and the Autism Housing Development Corporation of Pittsburgh plan to turn the commercial property at 1837 Washington St. into the 42-unit Heidelberg Apartments, with half of the units dedicated to individuals with autism and...
posted on June 23, 2014
The following article was written for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette by Kaitlynn Riely on June 22, 2014.
Elliot Frank kept hearing the same question from parents whose children with autism were getting close to graduating from high school: "What's next?"
For some parents, and their adult children, he may soon have a new answer.
Mr. Frank, who has been active in Pittsburgh's autism community and has a 20-year-old son on the autism spectrum, is president of the Autism Housing Development Corp. of...