Density Done Right

Greater Pittsburgh is one of the more affordable places in the country. But it isn’t uniform: certain parts of the region have much higher home prices than the regional average. These places should be densified to allow more people, of more incomes, to live in more desirable areas. But many people, when they hear density, assume it means high-rise apartments and condos. In reality, there is a huge variety of density in Greater Pittsburgh, even in primarily single-family neighborhoods, and envisioning what higher density really looks like can be key in creating more affordable and diverse communities.

This resource will help identify which communities aren’t pulling their weight, what a more affordable level of density could look like, what barriers are in the way of creating more affordable housing, and how they can be overcome.

  • Aspinwall (coming soon)

    Ben Avon (coming soon)

    Ben Avon Heights (coming soon)

    Bethel Park (coming soon)

    Edgewood (coming soon)

    Edgeworth (coming soon)

    Fox Chapel (coming soon)

    Franklin Park (coming soon)

    Green Tree (coming soon)

    Hampton Township (coming soon)

    McCandless (coming soon)

    Moon Township (coming soon)

    Mount Lebanon Township (coming soon)

    O’Hara Township (coming soon)

    Oakmont (coming soon)

    Pine Township (coming soon)

    Pittsburgh (coming soon)

    Richland Township (coming soon)

    Ross Township (coming soon)

    Scott Township (coming soon)

    Sewickley (coming soon)

    Shaler Township (coming soon)

    South Fayette Township (coming soon)

    Swissvale (coming soon)

    Upper St. Clair Township (coming soon)

    West View (coming soon)

    Whitehall (coming soon)

    Wilkinsburg (coming soon)

  • Cranberry Township (coming soon)

    Seven Fields (coming soon)

    Zelienople (coming soon)

  • New Castle

  • Chartiers Township (coming soon)

    East Washington (coming soon)

    Peters Township (coming soon)

    South Strabane Township (coming soon)

  • Hempfield Township (coming soon)

    North Huntingdon Township (coming soon)

    Penn Township (coming soon)

Armstrong, Beaver, Fayette, and Indiana counties do not appear in the list above because they have no communities that are overpriced on a regional scale. Props to them.