{"id":114882,"date":"2026-02-15T23:04:06","date_gmt":"2026-02-15T23:04:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/114882\/"},"modified":"2026-02-15T23:04:06","modified_gmt":"2026-02-15T23:04:06","slug":"city-leaders-break-ground-on-new-affordable-housing-project-in-pittsburghs-hill-district-wpxi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/114882\/","title":{"rendered":"City leaders break ground on new affordable housing project in Pittsburgh\u2019s Hill District \u2013 WPXI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">PITTSBURGH \u2014 City leaders broke ground on a new affordable housing project in Pittsburgh\u2019s Hill District on Friday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Cliffside Overlook is being developed by Half the Battle LLC and Massaro Construction.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Tyian Battle, founder and developer of Half the Battle LLC, grew up along Cliff Street in the Hill District and wanted to give families in her community an opportunity to grow.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">\u201cThis development reflects what is possible when community roots, intentional partnerships, and shared vision come together,\u201d Battle said. \u201cCliffside Overlook is not just about building homes; it\u2019s about honoring the Hill District\u2019s past while creating pathways for its future.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Among several speakers during Friday\u2019s groundbreaking ceremony was Mayor Corey O\u2019Connor.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">\u201cWhen we talk about development, community development with community members make it so much more special because they are invested in our great neighborhoods,\u201d O\u2019Connor said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">The project will build four affordable duplexes. It\u2019s unclear when the project will be completed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Download the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/mobile-apps\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">FREE WPXI News app<\/a> for breaking news alerts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Follow Channel 11 News on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/wpxi\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WPXI\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>. | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/video\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch WPXI NOW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>TOP STORIES FROM CHANNEL 11 NEWS <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph body-copyright\">\u00a92026 Cox Media Group<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PITTSBURGH \u2014 City leaders broke ground on a new affordable housing project in Pittsburgh\u2019s Hill District on Friday.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":114883,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[2313,17954,8276,54695,9731,54694,4736,54693,73,54697,54696,75,74],"class_list":{"0":"post-114882","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-pittsburgh","8":"tag-affordable-housing","9":"tag-affordable","10":"tag-apartment","11":"tag-duplex","12":"tag-hill-district","13":"tag-hill-district-affordable-housing","14":"tag-housing","15":"tag-pittbsurgh-affordable-housing","16":"tag-pittsburgh","17":"tag-pittsburgh-apartment","18":"tag-pittsburgh-duplex","19":"tag-pittsburgh-headlines","20":"tag-pittsburgh-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114882","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=114882"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114882\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/114883"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=114882"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=114882"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=114882"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}